ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – June 2011

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  The value of ASX-listed stocks, as measured by the All Ordinaries Index, fell 2.7% during June 2011. Many other major markets also fell during the month including Hong Kong

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New Director Joins Bank Board

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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has announced the appointment of former Ericsson CEO, Jacqueline Hey, to its Board of Directors. Ms Hey was previously CEO of Ericsson in the UK and

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All Star IAM Australian Share Fund achieves Recommended rating by Zenith

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Kate Mulligan, Managing Director of All Star Funds has announced today that the All Star IAM Australian Share Fund has been given a rating of “Recommended” by ratings agency Zenith.

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S&P Assigns ‘STRONG’ Rating To Commonwealth Bank’s Vantage+ Product

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Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has assigned its ‘STRONG’ rating to the Commonwealth Bank Vantage+ product. This reflects what we view as a solid expected risk-return profile, simple and efficient

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CommSec: Population growth hits 5-year low and cash is now king

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Demographic data; Financial Accounts Australia’s population grew by 69,703 people over the December quarter to 22,477,378. Annual population growth slowed from 1.57 per cent to 1.47 per cent – the

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All Star Funds makes Top Ten Net Flows first time in survey

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Kate Mulligan, Managing Director of All Star Funds, has announced today that All Star Funds has achieved a Top 10 ranking in the net retail flows for the March 2011

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RBA confirms that it is ‘wait and see’ mode

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In a speech by RBA Assistant Governor (Economic) Philip Lowe entitled “Inflation: The Recent Past and the Future”, Mr Lowe has reiterated that the RBA believes underlying inflation will lift

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Weekly market & economic update

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Headline developments of the past week The past week has seen some good news on the Greek debt front with the Greek Government surviving a parliamentary confidence vote, the EU

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East or West – Where to Invest?

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The two biggest economies in the world could hardly look more different at the moment. One is doing all it can to stimulate growth, while the other is trying to

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