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Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... This is another indication of the dour state of the US housing market. In Europe, the Bank of England (BoE) released the minutes of its July 9 and 10 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting and reported that seven members of the MPC voted to keep official ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... the higher interest rates and the more expensive currency, among others. In the UK, the Bank of England will release the minutes from its monetary policy meeting held on July 10 this week, along with UK June retail sales and advance second quarter GDP. ...

US houses continue to burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... of Japan takes centre stage with a scheduled speech by Governor Masaaki Shirakawa and the release of the Monetary Board minutes from the previous meeting. Japanese department store sales for June are due out today. Tokyo's store sales fell by 2.3 percent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... price index futures contract lost 37 points, or 0.75 per cent, to 4,900. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its July 1 board meeting. The Australian share market fell to its lowest closing level in almost two years yesterday ...

Aviva cuts super to pension admin time

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... processing capability to create pension accounts and submit a full or partial transfer from a super to a pension account in 10 minutes and begin making payments in three days. Creaton said the new online super to pension transfer facility could allow ...

Economy slowing down and speeding up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
The just released minutes of last month's Reserve Bank Board meeting show that while the board believes the economy is slowing, the rising terms of trade is pushing the economy hard in the opposite direction. "Board members noted that the bulk of indicators ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 26 points at 5,352. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes from its June board meeting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases unit commencements data for the March quarter. ...

Funeral insurance goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... insurance accessible for more Australians. Individuals aged between 19 and 80 will be able to secure the cover within minutes without having to undergo an underwriting process. The product cover funds funeral and related expenses for sums insured of ...

AMP launches Loan Cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... second person receives a discounted plan fee. According to AMP, the whole process would take mortgage brokers roughly two minutes to complete. Ken Lockery, AMP director of personal wealth protection, said the simple insurance product addressed Australia's ...

MLC adopts straight through processing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... online, a new account will be automatically set up on MLC's systems and advisers will receive the new account number within minutes, enabling them to start using the account straight away," said Waldron. The STP functionality will be available from 2 ...