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InTech says double-digit returns within reach

... InTech, said the sliding Australian dollar had been sparked by the combination of increased expectations of rising US interest rates and the decreasing likelihood of further Australian interest rate rises. "While only a single monly, the results for ...

US interest rates likely to rise as inflation builds, poll finds

US economic growth is chugging along but worries about rising inflation pressures have fueled expectations the Federal Reserve will push up interest rates in the next few months. A Reuters poll taken on Thursday, after the first-quarter gross domestic ...

Macfarlane expects interest rate differential with US to narrow

AAP | THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane said last night that the gap between Australian and US interest rates would narrow over the next six to 12 months. During questions after delivering the inaugural Di Yerbury Economic and Financial Studies ...

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AAP | THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004

... in an official address Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane said the gap between Australian and US interest rates would narrow over the next six to 12 months. Mr Macfarlane said the US economy was recovering and that as it moved back to ...

Equity investors confident on 2004: survey

... negative returns from international bond markets in 2004, suggesting investors see a widening in the spread over US interest rates. "Apart from the continual rise of global equity markets, the most important development in global financial markets has ...

Morning Market Wrap: US key indices up

... said the US dollar rose one per cent against the yen after US Treasury Secretary John Snow predicted higher US interest rates. In the news today, the National Australia Bank will release its September quarter business survey. All Ordinaries 3295.2 +0 ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weaker; market slow

... sharply off its early highs as the US Treasury Secretary's comments supporting a strong US dollar and suggesting US interest rates should rise streamed through the market. Bond market prices, which opened stronger, also turned around and were weaker ...

Merrill Lynch fund manager survey reveals global bullish sentiment

... mean a possibility of inflation, the survey reveals, with 76 per cent of respondents expecting the next move in US interest rates to be up. A net 84% of euro zone fund managers polled by Merrill Lynch expected the economy in the single currency region ...

RBA must cut interest rates: ABL

... organisation economist Jeff Schubert. He said there is a 3.75 percentage point difference between domestic and US interest rates. The Australian dollar would continue to rise as long as that differential remained, pricing Australian exports out of competition ...

Midday market wrap: Shares open lower

... markets. Global financial markets are awaiting the outcome of the FOMC's two-day meeting, with an announcement on US interest rates expected tonight. Property trusts continue to lead the local market lower, with many in the sector yesterday moving ex-dividend. ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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