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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open slightly higher following the fall in oil prices that has boosted Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 07322 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down three points at 5,432. Today ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
Just released data on housing finance for owner occupation shows that in seasonally adjusted terms there was a 2.3 per cent decrease in the total value of housing commitments excluding alterations and additions but a significant increase of commercial ...

AIG Life appoints head of group insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
AIG Life has appointed a former AustralianSuper executive as the new head of group insurance. Damien Green, the former AustralianSuper general manager of business development, will now head up AIG Life's group insurance division. Green said his focus ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to increase interest the cash rate by 0.25 basis points to 6.25 per cent saying that it took note of the likely economic effects of the drought on farm and national income. The RBA said that domestic demand ...

Former NAB adviser gets 8 years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
A former National Australia Bank (NAB) financial planner has been jailed for eight years for dishonesty and fraud relating to nearly $6 million of misappropriated funds. Following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation ...

AUI tops $4b FUM

Australian Unity Investments (AUI) is reaping the benefits of its diversification strategy after it unveiled a record $4 billion in funds under management (FUM) at the company's annual general meeting (AGM) yesterday. "Overall we have almost doubled ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Insight into the CPI data of Wednesday this week arrived today with the publication by the ABS of producer price data. Final stage of production prices increased by 1 per cent over the quarter and 4 per cent compared to this time last year largely as ...

Charles River and Yieldbroker integrate platforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Charles River Development and Yieldbroker have announced a link between their respective systems that will allow Charles River clients to execute trades through the Yieldbroker's DEBTS trading platform. The deal will provide institutional portfolio ...

More countries sign up for REITs

The US$1.03 trillion global real estate investment trust (REIT) sector is poised for further growth with UK and Germany setting up REIT-like investment structures next year and other countries such as Italy, Finland, Mexico and Spain considering it. ...

INVESCO shores up fixed income with $280m global mandates

The local arm of global fund manager INVESCO is cementing its role in the global fixed income space after winning major mandates from Transport Workers Union (TWU) Super and ING Optimix. Australian INVESCO chief, Mick O'Brien, said that domestic investors ...