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With Christmas just five sleeps away, trade is expected to be fairly light in a quiet local session, and the Australian share market is likely to open a little bit weaker as a soft lead form the US and weaker base metals weigh on the domestic bourse. ...

German women-only bank launched

Frauenbank has launched in Germany, a bank, financial services and wealth management group exclusively targeting women who want to avoid "sharp suited bankers". The new bank is the brain child of Astrid Hasterider, an information technology consultant ...

InfoComp's 2005 romp

Boutique financial services IT specialist InfoComp has capped off the year with a string of mandate wins for its software platforms across the industry. During the year they won RBC who adopted their flagship platform Composer, Macquarie Management ...

The art of making money through artworks

The private banking arm of National Australia Bank is hosting seminars on art investing as a growing number of investors turn to art to increase their wealth. Barry Pang, principal of the Artpreciation Gallery in Toorak, said his company has witnessed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply firmer as a strong lead from the US and solid performances from commodities overnight set the tone for another tilt at record levels on the domestic bourse. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as commodity prices continue to be positive and a solid lead from the US again raises the prospect of record stock levels domestically. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index ...

Asteron stand alone on TPD and upgrade policy benefits

Asteron has launched a stand-alone TPD insurance product and upgraded a range of policy benefits at no cost to customers. The new TPD product is designed to give super fund members the option to supplement their super fund based insurances, which are ...

SMS technology paving the way

Technology is continuing its push into how we handle transactions and its only a matter of time before wealth management service providers follow suit. Though yet to revolutionise how investors or super fund members are kept informed of transaction ...

Market wrap

The Australian share market is expected to open sharply weaker as a poor lead from stock markets across the world is expected to feed into the local market this morning. With commodity prices essentially treading water overnight, Australian investors ...

Market Wrap

The Australian share market is expected to open sharply weaker as US markets surrendered the gains made yesterday, gold and oil prices continued to retreat and base metal prices pulled back from record highs. The Australian market is expected to backpedal ...