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Demand for industrial property exceeds expectations

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
Investors' appetite for industrial property, especially from the self-managed super segment, is ahead of expectations, inflows into one property fund manager's specialist product indicate. Charter Hall has announced that it has closed its Direct Industrial ...

La Trobe calls to end home loan risk fees

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
Risk fees charged by some non-bank lenders on home loans offer no benefits to consumers and should be stopped, according to La Trobe Financial chief executive Greg O'Neill. Risk fees, or equalisation fees as they are sometimes known, appeared as an ...

Spend, spend, spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... low domestic interest rates) have prompted investors to resume their quest for higher yields and therefore, purchases of bank stocks. But it's not only all about Washington and the Fed. It's also about China. Last week, we found out that China's economic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... The big four banks were all stronger, with Westpac up 35 cents to $34.35, ANZ 26 cents higher to $32.12, National Australia Bank climbing 28 cents to $36.26 while the Commonwealth Bank had jumped 42 cents to $74.59.

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 22 points at 5,343. In economic news on Monday, the Commonwealth Bank's business sales indicator for September comes out. In equities news, wotif.com has its annual general meeting. In Australia ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... CSU) are close to joining forces with the SPD. All's well. Not in the Indian channel from the looks of it. Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Duvvuri Subbarao must be thanking his lucky stars that his term in office ended when it did - right ...

MySuper authorisations creep up to 78

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... Westpac/BT, NAB/MLC, ANZ/OnePath, IOOF, Aon, Suncorp and Tidswell. Some retail funds such as Australian Ethical Investment, Bendigo Bank and Virgin Super are meanwhile using the advent of MySuper as an opportunity to increase their footprint in this ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... nation's $US16.7 trillion debt limit. Australia's big banks were all firmer with ANZ gaining 15 cents to $31.63, Commonwealth Bank up 29 cents to $73.05, National Australia Bank adding 33 cents to $35.44 and Westpac finding 22.5 cents to $33.435. But ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Stop the clock! A deal has been forged in Washington! Yes Virginia, it again played out as scripted - after so much grandstanding, with both sides holding their ground and a lotta hullabaloos...an agreement was struck...at the last minute. Were it not ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases September international merchandise imports figures, while the National Australia Bank's business survey for the September quarter is due out. In equities news, Woodside Petroleum is expected to post third quarter ...