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Advance Asset announces investment product upgrade, new alliances

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
... Group's specialist funds management arm, Advance Asset Management Ltd, has announced a major retail and wholesale product upgrade and two new strategic alliances. The product upgrade follows the announcement last month of Advance's Asian Equity Fund ...

News Corp placed on review by Moody's for possible ratings upgrade

Moody's Investors Service has placed News Corporation's ratings on review for a possible upgrade. The review is prompted by the strengthening of the company's balance sheet and credit position over recent years, together with management's desire to ...

IMF says world economic outlook rosy

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2004
The outlook for the world economy had brightened in the last six months and was now among the rosiest in 10 years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today. In its twice-yearly economic scorecard, the United Nations lender upgraded its forecasts ...

Structural change strengthens regional bank credit ratings

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... their strong ongoing commitment to customer service and product innovation. S&P said the brightest prospects in potential upgrade activity were Adelaide Bank and Bendigo Bank, the rating outlook of both banks having been revised from stable to positive ...

QBE could be close to acquisitions

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
Global insurer QBE Insurance Group could be on the verge of a significant acquisition, saying on Friday its earnings were tracking ahead of expectation in 2004. QBE upgraded its insurance profit target to the high end of between 10% and 11% after a ...

Zurich offers IT services

... and technical services. OBT will provide security, server, disaster recovery, risk management, software-licensing and upgrade services, backed by a 24-hour help desk, the companies said.

ING announces outsourcing of wrap service admin

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2004
... half of 2004. ING executive director marketing Ross Bowden said outsourcing the functions would allow ING to more rapidly upgrade the functionality and efficiency of the wrap service.

Outlook for non-residential construction remains strong: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
The short-term outlook for the non-residential construction sector remains strong, with major work for 2004 expected to increase by 11%, a new report has found. According to Citigroup research on the sector, work done on major projects is expected to ...

Analysts rush to upgrade AMP forecasts after guidance rise

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
AMP's $100 million upgrade to its earnings guidance caught the share market on the hop yesterday, leading to a flock of estimate revisions by investment analysts. Citigroup Smith Barney raised its forecast for AMP's core earnings by $93 million to $614 ...

David Jones says Q2 sales up 3.3%

... refurbishment program but warned that expectations of a softening economic environment throughout 2004 have prevented any upgrade in sales growth forecasts. "Our external economic advisers are continuing to forecast a softening in the economic environment ...