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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
... economics front the Westpac/Melbourne Institute April consumer sentiment index is expected. NEW YORK - US stocks fell for a third day as investors worried that a sharp rebound in oil prices would hurt consumer spending and corporate profits. The Nasdaq ...

ASIC shadow shopping: the good, the bad and the ugly

... conduct of 14 licensees, of which six are already the subject of ongoing ASIC enquiries. Lucy pointed out that, alarmingly, a third of the advice in switching super funds was not appropriate as it left clients, in some cases, worse off by an average ...

Ten days or less to act on requests: ASFA

... paper seek to build on those procedures, at the same time as expediting the process." ASFA's paper also covers the topic of third party requests, noting that additional procedures will need to be incorporated into a fund's compliance practices in order ...

Westpac flags billion dollar play in residential REIT

... similar transactions. Buck stressed that they are yet to finalise the details but the fund is likely to be released in the third quarter of this year. "In terms of the potential size, our aspirations in due course is to have about a billion dollars worth ...

Weekly economic round-up

... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that retail sales grew by a faster-than-expected 0.7 per cent in February - the third straight monthly increase and the first time in nearly two years that retail spending has improved for three consecutive ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
... The Nikkei average ended up fractionally on the last day of the financial year, adding 5.9 per cent for January-March, its third straight quarterly gain, as banks rose on profit prospects. The Nikkei rose 14.32 points to 17,059.66, its highest close ...

Daily Economic Update

... of Statistics (ABS) latest report shows that retail sales grew by a faster-than-expected 0.7 per cent in February - the third straight monthly increase. This marks the first time in nearly two years that retail spending has improved for three consecutive ...

INVESCO opens the new Japan to retail investors

Japanese economic and investment conditions have well and truly turned the corner and the time for retail investors to gain exposure has arrived, according to INVESCO. Chief investment officer for the INVESCO Japan team, Atsushi Kawakami, explained ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2006
... WELLINGTON - The sharemarket's benchmark index pushed higher for the fifth consecutive session, hitting a fresh record for the third straight trading day. The NZX-50 gross index gained 37.14 points to a new record of 3677.58 while the NZX-All capital ...

Five out of six Australians lack income protection: CommInsure

... injury. Alarmingly, the survey also showed that if the respondents were to lose their income for three months, nearly a third would have to dip into their savings and another one in five would need government assistance. "The results of the survey show ...