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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
Labour force data released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that on a seasonally adjusted basis there has been a decrease of 11.6 per cent in unemployed persons over the last year to 492,000. The national unemployment rate fell by 0.1 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat with little lead from Wall Street and patchy commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0706 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down two points at 5869. In economic news today ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open down on the back of mostly weaker commodities. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0830 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down five points at 5864. In economic news today, the Australian Bureau ...

Virgin Super zooms to top quartile

Virgin Super climbs up the Rainmaker Data performance tables to rank 30th out of over 200 competing products, another proof that index investing delivers value-for-money to investors. Launched in July 2005, Virgin Super offers two products, one for ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
The ANZ job series has fallen this month by 0.1 per cent after a large rise of 11.8 per cent last month, with the total number of advertisements in January 2007 21.8 per cent higher than a year ago. Newspaper advertisements which have been on the slide ...

Big plans for Adelaide Managed Funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
Adelaide Bank's wealth management division, Adelaide Managed Funds, will enter the structured products market later this month when it begins marketing a product dubbed the Protected Global Opportunities Fund. The new offer will be the second fund launch ...

Lonsec recognises Cohen & Steers' long track record

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
US REIT specialist Cohen & Steers' Global Listed Property Fund has received a positive rating review from Lonsec. The fund, which opened to Australian investors in February 2006 and has returned 19.8 per cent since inception, is considered by Lonsec ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
Retail trade data from the ABS has just been released showing that the seasonally adjusted estimate of turnover for the retail and hospitality/services sectors increased by 0.3 per cent in December after the 0.2 per cent November rise and that of 0.8 ...

Just debit it: Centricom

Australian owned online debit service provider Centricom could soon give credit card companies a run for their money by introducing an online shopping payment option that is cheaper and more consumer-friendly. Centricom is the company behind POLi (Pay ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive lead from Wall Street, despite patchy base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0657 AEDT, the March share price index contract was trading up 23 points at 5793. On the ...