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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2005
... slipped to a three-month low. After the closing bell, Alcoa rose two per cent to $23.10 after reporting slightly higher third-quarter profit. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 53.55 points to 10,238.76. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 8.57 ...

Australians not saving enough: Aviva

... your superannuation again," The survey also showed that Australians are bigger spenders compared to the Brits. Around a third of respondents said they would much rather spend their money than put it into their savings versus only a tenth of the UK respondents ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2005
... broad S&P 500 were down for the fourth day in a row, their longest losing streaks in months, while the Nasdaq notched its third straight decline. The S&P 500 is on track for one of its worst weeks of the year. LONDON - UK stocks fell to two-week lows ...

Bravura gets bigger

... solutions. The Sydney-based company provides the superannuation administration software to four of the country's top five third-party superannuation administrators. Their client list reads like a who's who in banking and super including Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2005
... mining stocks and relief that Hurricane Rita did not wreak the damage feared to US oil assets. The FTSE 100 index scored its third straight closing gain, up 39.5 points at 5453.1 after touching 5,456.9, its highest reading since late August 2001.

Weekly economic roundup

... as the hurricane weakened and changed course. This week, markets will get Australian retail sales figures for August and third quarter job vacancies report. Retail sales fell by an incredibly marginal 0.01 per cent in July but were up by 3 per cent from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2005
... speaking today are Foster's chairman Frank Swan and Optus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan. In the US, stocks fell for a third day as the approach of Hurricane Rita helped lift oil prices, renewing concerns about the impact of higher energy costs on corporate ...

UK pension funds weaker than Oz

The UK pension funds market posted a second quarter return of 5.1 per cent amid rising fuel prices and weak company earnings affecting the global equities market during the same period. This is, however, the UK pension funds' ninth straight quarter ...

Financial advice quality is improving: CPA Australia

One third of investors believe the quality of financial advice has improved in recent years, according to a research report detailing consumer attitudes to financial planning that has just been released by CPA Australia. The independent report, which ...

MTAA Super breaks $3 billion

... performing super funds, with its default investment option ranking second overall over one year, first over three years, and third over five years.