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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as bargain hunters are expected to emerge after heavy falls through the month of May. The share market in May recorded a 4.9 per cent drop in the S&P/ASX200, month on month, the biggest recorded ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
As expected, Australia's trade deficit narrowed to $1.1 billion in April, a 27.6 per cent improvement from the revised March shortfall of $1.5 billion and better than market expectations for a deficit of $1.4 billion. Exports, or what the ABS term as ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that retail sales rose by a larger-than-expected 1.4 per cent in April, giving credence to the RBA's May decision to lift interest rates. The April rise in retail spending is nearly five times market ...

World cup fever to push Euro stocks: Barclays

Super funds and fund managers have another reason to back the World Cup, besides the Socceroos being there, with UK investment house Barclays singling out stocks that will benefit on and off the pitch. Australians may not have the same football fever ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
Investor anxiety ebbed slightly over the course of last week's financial market trading activity with both volatility and risk aversion easing from heightened levels. Inflation fears kept investors on tenterhooks over the past fortnight amid concern ...

Mezzanine finance under fire: ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
Two directors of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will face Adelaide District Court over alleged illegal activities concerning a mezzanine financing scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges that Robin Poumako ...

Consulting market tipped for further consolidation

... has not appointed Russell, nor is it in discussions to do so. In addition, to correct errors reported in the article of 25 May "New BT MTM line-up avoids home bias", the BT process aims to select the best managers, external or proprietary, that are Intech ...

MLIM funds on hold but Rock solid

Merrill Lynch Investment Management (MLIM) managing director, Maurice O'Shannassy, spoke out after ratings firm S&P placed two MLIM funds on hold following management changes. S&P said yesterday that the Merrill Lynch Wholesale Global Small Cap fund ...

Slam the door on unlicensed advisers: ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
Step one - make sure your adviser has a license. Without it there is little hope they will comply with any legal obligations and a good chance you're going to get burnt. This is the message Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
The Bank of Canada raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.25 per cent - the highest they have been since August 2001 and the seventh consecutive hike in the country's official interest rates. In the US, interest rate watchers will welcome the ...