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Weekly Economic Roundup

The Australian dollar's continued decline dominated domestic financial market activity last week. The local currency fell to US$0.7297 last Friday morning before closing just above the US$0.7300 mark. The A$ slid to its lowest level in a year on the ...

Daily Economic Update

The Australian dollar slid to its lowest level in a year, falling below US$0.73 in overnight trade, on the back of yesterday's reports showing the second consecutive monthly fall in Australian employment and a decline in inflation expectations. These ...

ASIC chairman talks about governance and er, bullfrogs

In his keynote speech at a legal conference in Melbourne yesterday, ASIC chairman Jeff Lucy drew on a bullfrogs analogy to talk about financial fraud and corporate governance. Lucy said the recent spate of corporate collapses in the country such as ...

Daily Economic Update

Economic reports released today reinforce the outlook that the Reserve Bank of Australia will keep interest rates unchanged at 5.5 per cent in the 'foreseeable future.' The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that employment fell by 19,800 in October ...

Daily economic update: Consumer confidence rebounds

The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment has rebounded sharply, rising by 9 per cent in November. This partially recoupes the 1.6 per cent and 13.4 per cent fall registered in October and September. Stable domestic interest rates ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as US markets retreated on concerns about the housing sector, although a raft of domestic news is expected to drive the local bourse today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

NRMA award IXIS funds-to-funds mandate

IXIS Asset Management Australia Limited (IXIS) have won a $15 million mandate from NRMA Motoring Services, in a funds-to-funds management move, aimed to help improve their $750 million treasury portfolio. Senior manager of investments for NRMA motoring ...

Economic Roundup

Last week's financial market activity saw the Australian dollar drop below US74 cents for the first time in four months. A combination of weaker-than-expected domestic economic data and a narrowing Australian/US interest rate spread triggered the sell-off ...

Margin lending gets independent LIFT

Boutique financial services group LIFT Capital (LIFT) has launched a share lending service which it claims will offer investors independence in the margin lending space. The fund has already collected around $100 million in funds under administration ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2005
SYDNEY - the Australian share market is expected to open slightly weaker as softer base and precious metal prices hit the local resources sector, although stock-specific news over the rest of the week will be a key driver for the domestic bourse. On ...