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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided not to lift interest rates following its monthly board meeting yesterday. This comes as some relief to the market and mortgagees after last month's 0.25 per cent increase to 6 per cent, the second since ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
Figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that the number of dwellings approved during July increased by 8.3 per cent to reach the highest level since May 2005. The result was largely a consequence of a 13.6 per cent increase ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
The Australian share market may nudge upward in the absence of a lead from US markets, which were closed for the Labor Day holiday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contact was up three points at 5,147. Today, broadcaster ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
The Australian stock market maintained its strength to noon, following on from a strong performance on Wall Street last Friday. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 21.7 points higher at 5118.8, while the all ordinaries rose 19 points to 5082.3. ...

NZ Super Fund scores big but cautions on the future

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has posted better than expected returns for the third year in a row but has cautioned that its current level of performance will not be sustainable over the long term. The NZ fund, the equivalent to Australia's Future ...

Suncorp increases market share and profits

Suncorp's announcement of $1 billion in underlying profit in its annual results has triggered the possibility of a share buy-back - good news for investors. Suncorp chairman, John Story, said the group's strong balance sheet could drive a return of ...

Industry funds warn on master trust switching

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Industry Funds Services (IFS) has warned Australians to carefully check their super fees after changing jobs and to be on the lookout in case their new employer signs them on to a higher fee master trust. IFS highlighted the trend where some employees ...

B&B makes power play for utilities assets

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Babcock & Brown (B&B) has continued on the power utilities acquisition trail and completed the buy out of NRG Energy's South Australian based power assets, NRG Flinders. B&B paid $317 million for all of the group's issued share capital and shareholder ...

AXA makes billing easier for advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
AXA's Fee4Advice electronic billing service has been branded a success by the organisation after a survey of advisers revealed widespread satisfaction with the improved tools. Launched in May in partnership with listed e-commerce provider CommSecure ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
The Australian automotive industry continues to struggle with the latest figures from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries showing that, following the reduction in tariffs to 10 per cent from 15 per cent in January 2005, locally made light cars ...