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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... Treasury Dr Ken Henry addresses the National Press Club in Canberra. MasterCard releases its Worldwide Index of Consumer Purchasing. In company news, Westfield reports third quarter results. Optus reports second quarter and half year results. The Committee ...

First home buyers tap $21k bonus

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... credited the Federal Government's increase in the first home buyers' grant to $14,000 as well as $21,000 for those purchasing newly constructed homes as the catalyst to the spike in property interest. In Queensland, the State Government's removal of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... London Metal Exchange. "Nickel had a good rally after falling about eight per cent at one point." Mr Weston said poor purchasing figures from China on Friday had not been completely factored into the local market today, which appeared to be hopeful of ...

PowerSuper launches warrant product

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... structured to ensure the SMSF trustee has complete control of the investment. SMSF trustees don't have to commit to purchasing the property outright. Instead, trustees can buy with a 30 per cent deposit, while rental income and superannuation contributions ...

ME to gain market share

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... banks. Yet, Tony Beck, Members Equity Bank head of corporate and social responsibility, said it was not considering purchasing any credit union or building society. "We feel that on a couple of different fronts we're extremely well positioned and we're ...

Perpetual seeks SMSF leadership role

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... Super Fund (SMSF) sector to prevent over-regulation and ensure trustees can access the right information fresh after purchasing SMSF administration firm, smartsuper. Andrew Bloore, smartsuper managing director, said the Australian Tax Office (ATO) is ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... this is the case, recent stats certainly do not reflect this. Reports out of Europe overnight show the UK construction purchasing managers index (PMI) fell to a record low of 38.8 in September from 40.5 in the previous month. This was to be expected ...

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... followed year-on-year declines of 3.2 per cent in June and 0.4 per cent in the previous month. The Eurozone composite purchasing managers index (PMI) rose to 48.2 in August from 48.0 in July. The index has been below the 50 expansion/contraction mark ...

ETS is upside down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... will have much greater influence in reducing greenhouse gas outputs because they will be able to quickly divert their purchasing decisions towards products with low emissions footprints. "Australia needs to show global leadership but we must get the ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... particularly given last week's mixed readings from the German ZEW index, better-than-expected results in the Eurozone purchasing managers indices (PMI) - manufacturing and services - and the disappointing German PMI report. Financial markets expect the ...