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Green light for Aviva Riskfirst roll-out

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... process, around 50 per cent of advisers surveyed could complete the online signature-free application form in less than 30 minutes, compared to just 6 per cent who were capable of completing a paper-based application in the same time. All advisers were ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
... opened higher on the back of news overnight that UK's central bank had considered raising interest rates. The release of minutes from the Bank of England's board meeting earlier this month weakened the US dollar, which in turn helped the domestic unit. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... price index contract declined 25 points to 6,166 on a volume of 3,850 contracts. In the US, stocks tumbled overnight as minutes from last month's Federal Reserve meeting hinted at the need for further interest rate rises, adding to worries about surging ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... 6,136.1, but had entered record territory with an intra-day high of 6,159.1. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled overnight as minutes from last month's Federal Reserve meeting hinted at the need for more interest rate rises, adding to worries about surging ...

Insurance on the go

ANZ and ING Australia have launched a new life insurance product that takes as little as 15 minutes for approval time, around the same time it takes to do a morning coffee run. Called OneCare Express, the life insurance product is developed from ING's ...

Trade faster than a speeding bullet: INSTINET

... microseconds, is just part of the industry's natural evolution and need for speed. "It used to take days, then hours, then minutes, then seconds, and milliseconds and now [with Chi-X], microseconds." McDonald said that the broking world is in the middle ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... at 1,426.13. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 0.42 of a point at 2,430.65, and then recovered slightly within a few minutes to trade up 1.06 points at 2,432.13. LONDON - The FTSE 100 closed at 6,227.6 points, up 9.2. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... general meeting today include Austereo, Burns Philips & Co and Southern Cross Broadcasting. NEW YORK - US stocks rose after minutes from the Federal Reserve's recent policy-setting meeting said officials saw cutting US inflation as their greatest concern. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
... stocks fell on Wednesday after some high-profile earnings disappointments sullied the outlook for corporate profits and minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting dashed hopes for an interest-rate cut any time soon. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
... higher at 5067.6 points while the all ordinaries gained 37.8 points to 5034.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks ended higher as minutes from the latest US Federal Reserve meeting soothed lingering worries about the outlook for interest rates and crude oil ...