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First time home buyers locked out: Genworth

A leading mortgage report has highlighted data revealing that the number of first home buyers had fallen from its historical average last year despite the rise of more consumer-friendly home loan products. According to the latest Genworth Financial ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
Further analysis of the national accounts data released late last week shows that the textile, clothing and footwear industry expanded by 10 per cent year on year, growing 9.2 per cent during the June quarter compared to an overall seasonally adjusted ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
The number of jobs created last month rose by 23,400 in seasonally adjusted terms to take the national number of people employed to 10.2655 million. Better news was that most of the employment gain was in full-time jobs which increased by 22,600 to ...

Daily economic update

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
In its quarterly monetary policy statement last Friday the RBA hinted that further rate increases in the near term were still a possibility because of the buoyancy of the housing market, where it said that conditions had picked up in the first six months ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2006
The share market is likely to open stronger today following gains on Wall Street overnight after the US Federal Reserve eased fears of future interest rate hikes. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 87 points ...

Credit Suisse pulls MasterWrap off the shelves

It was hinted at, talked about and it finally happened this month when investment group Credit Suisse announced its decision to close down its MasterWrap product. The group unveiled its MasterWrap almost two years ago to much fanfare and great expectations. ...

SAITeysMcMahon on the acquisition trail

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
Specialist funds management group SAITeysMcMahon (SAITM) has added to its growing direct property portfolio by acquiring $623 million in commercial retail properties from Woolworths supplemented by the $120 million purchase of a Sydney metro office ...

Morgan Stanley steps up local game

Short of using a brass band and a bugle horn, global giant Morgan Stanley Investment Management plans an aggressive push locally and is due to launch a series of funds, including Australian equities, while also hitting the recruitment trail. For an ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply weaker, weighed down by heavy stock market falls globally after the US Federal Reserve hinted at a hike in interest rates. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the June share price index contract was ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
Market volatility increased last week as markets for bonds, equities and commodities sold off after higher-than-expected US CPI inflation data doused market expectations that the US Federal Reserve will give interest rate hikes a breather. Financial ...