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AMP Capital Core Property Fund scores highest rating

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
The AMP Capital Core Property Fund has been awarded the highest rating from property investment research consultancy Managed Investment Assessments (MIA) owing to its significant diversification characteristics and healthy returns. Anton Lawrence, MIA ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street and stronger base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0816 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 25 points at 5,459. Today, the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
The three interest rate hikes this year in May, August and November have taken their toll on the housing industry, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Building approvals data shows that on a seasonally adjusted ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
Australian retails sales data just released by the ABS shows that over the last month there was a 0.8 per cent increase on a seasonally adjusted basis following the revised increase of 0.3 per cent in September and a 0.2 increase in August. Western ...

XPLAN ranked first by planners

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
A recent report has found that for the second year in a row XPLAN has been ranked the number one planning software provider by financial planners and paraplanners. The 2006 Investment Trends Planner Technology Report found that XPLAN received 44 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
ABS international trade data shows that Australia's trade imbalance increased in October by $535 million on the revised September figure to tally to a deficit of $1.26 billion. Exports rose by about 2 per cent to $18,047 million whereas imports rose ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger on gains from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0747 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 42 points at 5,492. The Reserve Bank of Australia releases October financial ...

ING's OneAnswer strides past $15b

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
ING's OneAnswer platform has broken through the $15 billion barrier thanks to increased flows spurred on by reduced fees and improved product options. In the five years since launching OneAnswer has grown to be among the top platforms in terms of funds ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
Evidence of the softening of consumer demand comes with the latest sales of new motor vehicles data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics which shows that on a national seasonally adjusted basis sales grew by only 2.9 per cent. The most growth occurred ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
The meeting of G20 members in Melbourne has raised the perception that continued rising global interest rates may help abate world inflationary pressures being brought about by the increasing industrialisation of many developing economies. The IMF has ...