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Family allowance boosts Australian retail sales in June

The federal government\'s family allowance benefit helped lift Australian retail sales to an uncharacteristically high level in June, a monthly index has revealed. The Cashcard Retail Activity Index for June, based on data from electronic card transactions ...

Newspaper and internet job ads rise in June: ANZ

The number of Australian job advertisements in both newspapers and on the internet rose in June, although employment growth is expected to slow in the second half of 2004, a new survey has shown. The latest ANZ Job Advertisements series found the number ...

Rush on for Immediate Annuities: Aviva

The $1 billion complying Immediate Annuity market will reduce by 50% post 20 September when the current 100% asset test exemption is reduced by half, Aviva said yesterday. Aviva raised its ranking to third from ninth in the annuities market during May  ...

Bank stocks plunge after US rate rise

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2004
Bank stocks plunged yesterday after a rate rise in the United States stoked fears the same could follow here and curb the sector's growth. The previous night the US Federal Reserve lifted official interest rates by a quarter percent, the first increase ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2004
The Australian market is expected to head backwards at the end week as US markets all surrendered about 1% overnight and other offshore markets were also weak. By 0656 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange today, the September share price index, a key ...

Aust retail sales pick up in May

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2004
Retail sales picked up in May despite the impact of higher petrol prices, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said retail sales grew 0.5%, in line with market expectations, to $15.98 billion, after a marginal fall in ...

Aust private sector credit rises 1.2% in May

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today seasonally adjusted private sector credit rose by 1.2% in May, following a revised rise of 1.4% in April. Over the year to May, total credit rose by 15.1%. But based on new definitions introduced in the ...

Aust trade gap steady in May at $1.84 billion - ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2004
Australia's trade gap with the rest of the world remained steady in May despite a surge in farm exports, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the trade deficit was $1.84 billion in May, a $2 million deterioration ...

LFG declares substantial interest in Challenger: report

The executive shakeup at Challenger Financial Services has taken another twist with the Lowy family's private investment vehicle, LFG Holdings, emerging as a substantial shareholder of the group, according to a newspaper report today. The Sydney Morning ...

Results disappoint for Pioneer

Pioneer Alternative Investments released its trading report for May, revealing disappointing results for its Momentum AllWeather absolute return fund and the Pioneer long/short strategy. The Momentum AllWeather fund returned 0.11% in May, contributing ...