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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
The release yesterday by the ABS of the House Price Index showed an increase of 3.1 per cent over the June quarter which tallies to an annual growth rate of 6.4 per cent which is the fastest annual rate since December 2003. Perth house prices led the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
In a parting note the Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Ian Macfarlane, agreed with financial market forecasts that it was likely that there would be another interest rate hike in either November or December with the economy running at full capacity ...

A man is not a financial plan: MASU

A small financial services outfit, MASU group, is leading the charge in providing women with education on matters close to the heart and the hip pocket. The three-legged company - with a national network of financial planners, accountants and legal ...

Daily economic update

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
In its quarterly monetary policy statement last Friday the RBA hinted that further rate increases in the near term were still a possibility because of the buoyancy of the housing market, where it said that conditions had picked up in the first six months ...

AXA Asia Pac chief to bow out

AXA Asia Pacific group chief executive, Les Owen, has said he does not intend to extend his contract which expires at year-end, stating the time is right for a change after his near seven year tenure at the top. "I have been in my role for nearly 7 ...

ESS manager moves to Vision

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2006
Emergency Services Super (ESS) will lose its recently appointed general manager of marketing and business development to a competitor industry fund next month. Chris Artis, will head to Vision Super, after departing ESS on August 18 to take up a role ...

Dow Jones launches Aussie dividend index

Index giant Dow Jones has added an Australian version to its suite of dividend-focused indices with this month's launch of the Dow Jones Australia Select Dividend 30 Index. The Select Dividend 30 Index will follow the performance of the 30 highest dividend-yielding ...

Morningstar confirms buy-out of Aspect Huntley

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
International research and ratings house Morningstar has paid $30 million to acquire Aspect Huntley, the Sydney based market research group and owner of industry publications IFA and Investor Weekly. The announcement comes two months after Financial ...

Zurich Australia chief executive to retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
The chief executive for Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich Australia) is set to retire after 35 years in the financial services industry. Tom Brown, who has just announced his intention to retire on 31 December this year, will be succeeded ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
The US equity and bond markets are reading from different pages but the result is the same - they both went down overnight. US bond yields rose last night reacting to reports suggesting rising inflationary pressure and therefore, more Fed interest rate ...