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AAP | FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2006

... YORK - US stocks fell on Thursday as oil prices increased sharply and Treasury bond yields rose, while same-store retail sales for February disappointed the market. Concern that benchmark interest rates may rise further sent bond yields up, pressuring ...

Daily Economic Update

... property market should keep the RBA off the interest rate hike trigger for a while longer, notwithstanding the latest retail sales report indicating that Australian consumers have resumed shopping. Australian retail sale rose by a bigger-than-expected ...

Weekly economic round-up

... deficit of around 5.8 per cent of GDP as net exports continue to subtract from growth. January figures for Australian retail sales, private sector credit, building approvals and trade will provide more up-to-date readings on the state of activity in ...

Daily economic update

... with the run of weak economic indicators reported over the past few months. Conditions are better in the US with retail sales recording their strongest gain since May 2004, rising by 2.3 per cent in January. Excluding autos, sales increased by 2.2 per ...

Market wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2006

... three major indexes gaining about one per cent, as oil fell to its 2006 low and data showed stronger-than-expected retail sales. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 136.07 points at 11,028.39. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 12.67 points at ...

Daily economic update

... reading of one. Meanwhile, consistent with the weak trend in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) measure of retail sales, the Cashcard Retail Activity Index fell by 0.6 per cent in January as consumers sobered up from their Christmas shopping ...

Weekly economic round-up

... skilled vacancies dropped by 12.6 per cent in January from a year ago. Thus, despite the reported 0.4 per cent rise in retail sales in December which took the annual growth rate up to 4 per cent, the current retail spending expansion remains a poor shadow ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian retail sales increased by 0.4 per cent in December, more than offsetting the 0.1 per cent fall in the previous month but is lower than market expectations for a 0.5 per cent rise. Year-on-year, retail sales increased by 4 per cent - the fastest ...

INVESCO to make waves in retail market

... Investment Management but that perception is starting to change now," said Mick O'Brien, the group's director in retail sales and marketing. O'Brien used to be the chief investment officer at AXA, having worked there for twenty years, before moving on ...

Exchange traded funds to surge

... the US, State Street runs the biggest ETF which manages $55.5 billion in assets. Admittedly, INVESCO's director in retail sales and marketing Mick O'Brien said it is to early to tell how the acquisition would impact the local operations. "I think it's ...

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AIA Australia rejigs retail team, appoints new lead

KARREN VERGARA

AIA Australia's restructure of its retail business will see two senior leaders depart while a new chief retail insurance officer has been appointed to take charge of the next phase of growth.

JANA launches private credit trust

ELIZA BAVIN

JANA is expanding its investment trust offering with the launch of an institutional-quality private credit solution.

FAAA welcomes 'widow's tax' changes in CGT, negative gearing reforms

KARREN VERGARA

FAAA says it welcomes the legislative changes aimed at addressing the so-called "widow's tax," noting the amendments will protect grieving families and individuals navigating relationship breakdowns from unintended tax consequences.

ART strikes $883m QLD Westfield deal

VINNY VUCAGO

Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has agreed to acquire a 50% interest in Brisbane's Westfield Mt Gravatt from Scentre Group for $882.5 million, in what is expected to be Australia's largest single-asset retail transaction this year.

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