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October retail index positive

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
Australian consumers are gearing up for a big spending Christmas with retail confidence high, according to the October Retail Activity index. The Index results indicate that Australian consumers are heading into what the traditional busiest period of ...

ASIC announces probe into Offset Alpine Printing

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been quick to act on a report in the Australian Financial Review outlining the sale of a parcel of shares in Offset Alpine Printing, with the securities watchdog today announcing a formal ...

QIC launches diversified active currency product

QIC has launched a new active currency product managed by three international currency managers and operating as one of the largest active mandates in Australia. The product will initially overlay $24 billion in assets, representing the majority of ...

ASIC re-opens probe into Offset Alpine Printing Group

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will commission a specialist team to review a report in the Australian Financial Review on the Offset Alpine Printing Group. The report identified flamboyant stockbroker Rene Rivkin, former ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar breaks $US0.7000

The Australian dollar opened stronger today, bursting through the $US0.7000 for the first time since November 1997, driven by a weaker US dollar and talk of a free trade agreement between Australia and China. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading ...

Resi new chief to "keep pace with rapid growth"

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
Non-bank lender Resi Mortgage Corp has appointed a chief executive to "help keep pace with rapid growth" and give its managing directors more "strategic oversight" of the company. Resi said it appointed former City Coast Credit Union boss Stephen Mayers ...

No rate increases in near future: banks

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2003
In what should come as a relief to Australians with home loans, the head of the St George Bank and a senior executive from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia both said yesterday they did not expect official interest rates to rise in the near future. ...

Economy strong; rates will rise: NAB survey

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
Australian business conditions remained robust in September, indicating unrelenting strength in the economy, the latest National Australia Bank (NAB) business survey shows. While business conditions were marginally lower than the strong levels of August ...

UFM widens wholesale portfolio with two new funds

United Funds Management Ltd (UFM), part of the SMF group, has established two new wholesale funds: the United High Yield Fund (UHYF) and the United Cash Management Fund (UCMF). "We aim to satisfy the change in investor sentiment towards more income ...

Mercer Trusts announces new CIO

Russell Clarke has been appointed the new Chief Investment Officer of Mercer Trusts, Mercer Investment Consulting has announced. Mercer said Mr Clarke has a unique mix of broad investment experience and familiarity with Mercer and its clients, including ...