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Australian Skandia set to launch new corporate super service

Australian Skandia is set to launch a new corporate superannuation service next month that targets independent financial advisers through its bundled product Skandia One, it has announced. Still in its first year, Skandia One Corporate Solutions is ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open lower

The Australian share market opened lower Monday morning, following losses Friday night in major US and European markets. Late in the morning the All Ordinaries was at 3,040.6, some 12.8 points lower than Friday's close. The weakness in overseas markets ...

Van Global hedge fund climbs 3.4% in May

The Van Global Hedge Fund Index rose 3.4 per cent net of fees in May - increasing its year-to-date return to 6.7% net - and hedge funds experienced their best results since August 2000, Van Hedge Fund Advisors International (VAN) has announced. Excluding ...

NAB Looking For Rate Cuts

The chorus backing local interest rate cuts continues to grow louder, with the National Australia Bank on Friday saying it expects the Reserve Bank to move following each of its next two board meetings. In its latest review of interest rate forecasts ...

CBA's First State expands into China

First State investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), has announced its China funds management venture has lodged an application with the Chinese Securities Regulation Commission seeking a licence to establish ...

Aberdeen appoints Briggs as economic and fixed interest director

Alison Briggs has been appointed as economic and fixed interest director at Aberdeen Australia as part of a team restructure that will also see fixed interest portfolio manager Marcelo Saez transfer to London. Briggs will now be in charge of economic ...

Business conditions still strong despite slowdown: National

The Australian economy is slowing down but business conditions remain relatively strong, according to the latest National Australia Bank (NAB) monthly business survey. The survey highlighted a weakening in the tourism industry (due to SARS and travel ...

Super funds and master trusts back domestic share prices: survey

Super funds and master trusts are highly confident that Australian share prices will rise over the next six-to-12 months, according to the latest Financial Standard Intelligence Unit market expectations survey. Of the twenty-one super funds and master ...

Newspaper job ads rise by 8.1% in May, but disguise downturn: ANZ

The number of jobs advertised in the major metropolitan newspapers in Australia rose by 8.1 per cent in May to an average of 20,109 per week, according to the latest ANZ job advertisements data. This follows a 12.1% fall in advertisements in April ...

RBA hints at interest rate cut due to international downturn

If the international economic situation does not improve soon the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) could be forced to cut interest rates, RBA governor Ian Macfarlane warned today in an address to the House of Representatives standing committee on economics ...