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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
... activity is expected to continue to focus on Telstra, after the federal government's launch yesterday of its prospectus for the sale of some of its remaining shares in the telco. The Australian stock market closed weaker yesterday as investors digested ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... December share price index contract was down two points at 5,234. Today, the federal government launches the prospectus for the sale of some of its remaining shares in Telstra. And the Australian Stock Exchange holds its annual general meeting. The Australian ...

We need to show people how to plan: AXA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
While too few Australians have a financial plan, many are unsure what a financial plan actually is and how to go about developing one. The AXA Financial Planning Insights Survey for October has found that one-quarter of people responding to the survey ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
The Reserve Bank has decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 6 per cent following the Australian Bureau of Statistics announcement yesterday that in seasonally adjusted terms retail sales increased by 0.3 per cent in August after the 0.5 per cent ...

ING appoints ex-MLC chief underwriter

ING has appointed John Leonard, former MLC head of claims and underwriting, as the group's new chief underwriter. John Leonard boasts 35 years of risk management experience and has previously worked in similar chief underwriter roles for Australian ...

Hyperion shuffles the top of the deck

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
Hyperion Asset Management has undertaken a high profile re-shuffle of its board as well as announcing a new $30 million mandate. Hyperion has appointed former Perennial chief investment officer and chairman and managing director of newly launched 'house ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... monthly retails sales and building approvals data will also provide a little interest. In an attempt to assist the forthcoming sale of additional Telstra shares, the federal government will inject $37 million into the retail stockbroking industry as ...

Broker mortgage market share keeps rising

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
The proportion of broker-originated home loans has risen to 37 per cent and brokers are now writing 45 per cent of new loans, according to the JP Morgan and Fujitsu Consulting Australia mortgage industry report. Brokers' share of originations has grown ...

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 - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
The Australian stock market firmed at noon today spurred on by a strong US lead and ongoing merger and acquisition activity. At 1215 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.1 points to 5109.3 and the all ordinaries added 15.5 points to 5070.5. ...