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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
Making news this morning, Trans Tasman insurer Tower announced its shareholders have approved a demerger of its Australian and New Zealand businesses. The Australian business, Tower Australia, will list as a separate entity on the Australian Stock Exchange ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... production quota by 1.2 million barrels a day, which set oil prices $2 higher, finishing above $62 a barrel. Across the Tasman, New Zealand's Central Bank also announced it will keep its interest rate at its record high 7.25 per cent. The bank feel inflationary ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
The economic impact of the Federal Government's baby bonus as well as improved employment conditions in Australia have helped improved the national birth rate, according to the latest data from the ABS. The national birth rate is the highest since 1995 ...

Bluestone crossing the Tasman for NZ equity release

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Equity release specialist group Bluestone is expanding its footprint across the Tasman with the launch of a range of equity release products in the New Zealand market. With backing from Westpac's institutional banking arm, Bluestone is entering a New ...

Tassie investment schemes wound up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has succeeded in its bid to have two Tasmanian unregistered managed funds wound up. ASIC obtained orders in the Tasmanian District Registry of the Federal Court of Australia to wind up the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
Data on the number of job vacancies was released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday revealing that on a seasonally adjusted basis the national figure stood at 154,000 in August, up by 11 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
... accessories retailer OrotonGroup will announce its annual earnings and Telstra boss Sol Trujillo will address the Trans-Tasman Business Circle. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 12.7 points on Friday to 4983.2, while the all ordinaries fell ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
Further evidence of a slowing Australian economy came yesterday with the release of ABS figures for the August sales of new cars, which fell by 2.3 per cent. Analysis of the data shows that passenger vehicle sales fell by 1.1 per cent, other vehicles ...

Plan B snaps up second NZ planning business

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
Western Australian based financial planning group Plan B has continued to stretch out over the Tasman with the acquisition of its second New Zealand based planning firm in a fortnight. Plan B has snapped up boutique planning firm, Rutherford Rede (Northland) ...

Centro expands retail team

Property fund manager Centro Properties has brought on board two additional business development managers to cope with the increase in financial advisers recommending its products. Elva Xenos will be working with financial planning dealer groups in ...