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Small caps fire investor interest: fund managers

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
... and most Asian share markets reached their lowest levels, and a year since the United States equity markets bottomed in the bear market. Since then the ASX and other markets have rebounded and started posting positive returns. Deutsche Asset Management ...

Investors happy to "Buy the dips": FSIU survey

Australian investment professionals remain undaunted by the fall in equity markets during September, if anything becoming slightly more optimistic on the prospects for both the Australian and international markets in the next 12 months, according to ...

RBA satisfied few businesses elected to surcharge credit cards

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2003
A growing number of Australian businesses are imposing a surcharge on credit card users although most are still chosing not to do so, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today. The first reform measures the Reserve Bank's payments system board ...

AMP stock jumps 30 per cent in September quarter

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
Investors who took an optimistic view of AMP Ltd have been rewarded for now, with the stock jumping more than 30 per cent in the September quarter and outpacing much of the market. But fund managers who took a strong view - positive or negative - should ...

Australian insurer AMP prefers UK demerger

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
... company wants to insulate its profitable Australian business from the British life operation, which was hit hard by the worst bear market since World War Two. AMP has stopped selling new policies in its three life divisions. Earlier this month it delayed ...

Perennial announces ownership, management changes

Perennial Investment Partners today announced a capital injection from major shareholder IOOF, and a restructuring of the board to enable a greater representation of Perennial executives. Perennial said two IOOF executives, Rob Turner and Tony Hodges ...

Morning market wrap: Manufacturing data propels US stocks higher

The Nasdaq composite index closed at 17-month highs, and US bluechip indices closed at 14-month highs, following a report from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) which showed manufacturing activity surged in August. The ISM index jumped 3.9 points ...

Equity sentiment reaches extremely bullish levels: FSIU

The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) today released the results of its market expectations survey for August 2003, citing that most industry professionals surveyed have predicted that equities would outperform the other asset classes, especially ...

AMP Ltd announces $2 billion loss

August survey reveals a market bare of bears

... (AIA) and Adviser Ratings August survey of investor and adviser sentiment has shown record levels of bullish sentiment with bear at record lows. "With the current cold weather it could be said that bears must be hibernating they are so hard to find," ...