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APRA welcomes three new appointments to its board

... currently a Commissioner at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and an associate professor at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). He has acted as a consultant to competition authorities in the United Kingdom, Canada and ...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries, major stocks in negative territory

... traded lower this morning. Meanwhile a quarterly report on household savings and investment published by ING and the University of Melbourne has indicated that Australian investors are showing greater interest in shares than in the recent past, reflecting ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares open lower

... some 12.8 points lower than Friday's close. The weakness in overseas markets was triggered by a report from the University of Michigan, which showed US consumer confidence slipped sharply in early June. The domestic market was led lower by News Corporation ...

Morning market wrap: US Stocks Slump Friday As Confidence Wanes

... US stocks closed sharply lower Friday, following a survey showing consumer confidence soured in early June. The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment dropped to 87.2 in June from 92.1 in May, in contrast to forecasts of a modest rise. ...

Australians are the second biggest spenders after Americans

... expenditure on luxury items. In a recently released book, International Consumption Comparisons, launched by Griffith University of Queensland, its authors Associate Professor Antony Selvanathan and Associate Professor Saroja Selvanathan, conducted in ...

FPA, IFSA & NIBA launch "plain English" consumer guides

... assistance from the Argyle Partnership and was then converted to "plain English" by academic Bill Tearle of the University of Technology. "The FSG test results show that a majority of consumers were able to understand the FSG," said FPA chief executive ...

Investa acquires Queensland residential site for $26 million

... Investa Property Group has announced that it has acquired a residential subdivision site in Queensland close to the University of the Sunshine Coast for $26 million. "Once rezoned, the 354-hectare site is expected to be capable of supporting approximately ...