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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... breather now and then," he said. "The US gave no real lead to the market in a positive direction last night. "And there is no major corporate news about the place, so there is nothing fundamental from a corporate point of view driving the market. Heffernan ...

Broker mortgage market share keeps rising

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... Fujitsu Consulting, Martin North, said, "We believe this growing dependence on third party mortgage brokers represents a major point of strategic weakness for the banks. "In the US and the UK, brokers originate 60 per cent of home loans, so there is ...

Zurich appoints ex-CommInsure risk expert

... life risk market and was previously chief underwriter at CommInsure and FAI Life. More recently she was a consultant on major underwriting projects with MetLife and Prefsure. Michelle Baltazar

HOST-PLUS storms into NRL grand final

HAMISH MADDEN, ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... Group who represents the Brumbies, Australia's most successful provincial rugby team who are currently seeking an additional major sponsor, said the success of the Storm deal has prompted other financial institutions to think just as creatively. "It's ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... Renault and Nissan rejecting a strategic alliance with General Motors who seek to shore up their competitiveness against their major global contender in Japan's largest company Toyota. Despite this reluctance talks are still continuing between the various ...

REST steps on board Members Equity

... loan. The deal will benefit REST's membership base of around 1.6 million. It also means the super fund will now join the major industry funds who all offer similar low cost banking products to their members via ME. ME was set up and fully owned by some ...

Land of the giants: World's top 500 fund managers

There's been a major reshuffle in the annual list of the world's 500 largest fund managers after the spate of mergers and demergers that rocked the industry last year. According to the annual Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt World 500 Ranking Survey ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... the S&P 500 index to a five-and-a-half-year high as shares closely tied to consumer spending underpinned the advances in major indexes. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 93.58 points, or 0.81 per cent, at 11,669.39, its second-highest close ever. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
... States on Friday," ABN Amro Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said. "We're up a little, it's pretty flattish." The major banks were showing some improvement as investors sought out defensive stocks in a volatile market. Easing commodity prices ...

Move over FinLit, CrickLit is on its way

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
The Financial Literacy Foundation's campaign to win the hearts and minds of Australian school children is set for major competition with Cricket Australia launching its own integrated educational kit that at first glance seems more developed. Cricket ...