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Midday Market Wrap: Bond market stronger after yesterday's sell off

The Australian bond market opened slightly stronger today, halting yesterday's sharp sell off. At 0900 AEST the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.545 per cent from 5.570 at yesterday's close. The yield on the November 2006 ...

Interest rate changes unlikely in tomorrow's RBA deliberation

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is unlikely to alter its steady stance on interest rates when it meets tomorrow as it will be weighing up the durability of the US economic recovery, economists have said. "Although the market has been flirting with ...

Morning Market Wrap: Busy day expected; Dollar bounces overnight

In SYDNEY today, stocks on the Australian share market are likely to rise, following yet another strong lead from Wall St overnight. Trading volumes should pick up, after a subdued session yesterday while NSW, South Australian and the ACT took a public ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Flat trading for NSW, SA and ACT public holiday

Encouraging news from the US over the weekend helped the Australian share market close in positive territory today, led by the resource sector and News Corp. The gains came on relatively flat trading attributable to public holidays in NSW, South Australia ...

S&P places AXA Global Equity Tech Fund under review

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2003
Standard & Poor's today announced that it has placed the AAA rating on the AXA Global Equity Technology Fund Under Review. The fund is managed by Alliance Capital in the United States, which announced last week the suspension of two of its employees ...

Labor proposes stronger corporate disclosure measures

Senator Stephen Conroy, the deputy opposition leader in the senate and the shadow minister for financial services and corporate governance, has said that the self-regulatory approach of the Government is incapable of tackling unbridled corporate greed ...

Midday Market Wrap:Tokyo opens high; ASX subdued

Japanese shares opened higher on Monday as investors snapped up Sony Corp and other exporters after an encouraging U.S. jobs report sent Wall Street up and helped underpin the dollar. The Nikkei average was up 0.95 percent at 10,811.52 as of 0005 GMT ...

Morning Market Wrap: US stocks surge; AU$ weaker

In NEW YORK, Stocks surged on Friday, racking up a third straight day of gains, after a report showing US employers added jobs for the first time in eight months boosted investors' expectations for an economic rebound. The rally helped major market ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Quiet end to ASX week

Australian stocks ended the week on a positive but quiet note, as a rally in Telstra and key resources stocks helped lift the bourse in subdued trade. After jumping more than one per cent yesterday, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index firmed another 3.9 ...

Macquarie provides solution for FSR compliance

... in order to apply for a new Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) for compliance with the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA). The Bank said its Macquarie Performance Bond gives dealer groups and small financial advisory businesses a fast way ...