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Leap year boosts February retail figures: Cashcard

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
... spending levels nudge higher in February but the shortest month in the calendar remains the lowest one for turnover, research found. The Cashcard Retail Activity Index showed retail spending rose 0.3%, seasonally adjusted, in February to $15.8 billion. ...

Housing credit growth sustainable, but will ease: Macquarie

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2004
... institutions but it has raised the question of whether the current levels are sustainable. A recent report by Macquarie Research Economics has found the present level of lending can be sustained, however Macquarie warned that as stock of credit rose ...

Qsuper leads superannuation provider rankings

Preliminary results from Rainmaker research have shown that Qsuper is the best performing superannuation provider over the last year. For both the default category - where an investor states no preference of manager - and the investor choice category ...

Options strategy beats index funds: study

... long-term risk by selling call options against the underlying stocks they sell, according to a study released last week. The research from the Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific (SIRCA) showed that the 'Buy-Write' strategy produced returns ...

ASX acquires remaining stake in Orient Capital

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004
... products and services to listed companies through four core divisions - shareholder services, mIRacle investor database, research services and strategic consulting.

Market Wrap

... impression that rates would go up," said Sean Callow, currency strategist at IDEA, a New York-based global financial research firm. Analysts said Greenspan's comments could cause the dollar to fall to new lows in coming weeks.

Macquarie Bank considers buying ING Asia businesses

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
... Bank has entered into exclusive due diligence with ING Group with a view to buying ING's Asian equity sales, trading, research and Equity Capital Markets businesses. In a joint announcement made to the Australian Stock Exchange last night, Macquarie ...

Labor tipped to cut MPs super perks

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
... for parliamentarians, which is up to seven times more generous than for other workers. The promise comes a day after research showed mums and dads on average incomes would have to save $118 a week to afford a comfortable retirement, assessed at costing ...

Hedge fund to grow in 2004

... attract increasing investor inflows in 2004 as the outlook for equity markets remains uncertain, according to Simon Wills, research manager at RetireInvest. Mixed forecasts for global equities lead to greater demand for investment styles that can deliver ...

Australians abandon property investment plans

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
More than 100,000 Australians have abandoned plans to invest in property this year, according to research by Wizard Home Loans. The non-bank lender said research it commissioned found the number of Australians who planned to invest over the next 12 ...