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Matched super scheme available to 1 million more Aussies

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
Women in part-time work and teenagers with casual jobs would benefit from changes to superannuation, the federal government said. Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan said up to one million more Australians would now be eligible to receive matched superannuation ...

PM Capital launches long-only Aussie equity retail fund

Colonial First State has announced an exclusive agreement with PM Capital which will bring the first long-only Australian equity fund managed by PM Capital available to the retail market. The Colonial First State PM Capital Australian Share Fund will ...

RBA leaves rates unchanged, needs more time: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
... would seem they are looking for a little bit more time to balance up early signs of a slowing housing sector and a strong Aussie dollar against what they see in the near term, which is pretty high domestic inflation, emerging wage issues and a still ...

Interest rates expected to stay on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
... lifting rates. Retail sales jumped 0.7% in January as shoppers took advantage of cheap imported goods thanks to the higher Aussie dollar. But Australia's current account deficit failed to live up to expectations of a significant improvement, the gap ...

Six Aussies make Forbes Richest List

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2004
... Australia has six billionaires on the annual Forbes rich list - that is if you still consider US citizen Rupert Murdoch an Aussie. The Australian-born media mogul, who took out US citizenship to expand his empire there, is 43rd on the list headed for ...

Strong A$ not all bad news for exporters: CommSec

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
A report on the way a strong Aussie dollar affects share prices has challenged conventional wisdom that it is bad for exporters, saying resource shares can gain value alongside a muscular local currency. The CommSec report argues the impact of the stronger ...

Jobs figures strengthen expectations of further rate hike

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
... end of the first quarter, the accelerating Australian dollar was complicating the picture. "The speed of the rise in the Aussie dollar could see the RBA push back the timing of the move," she said.

Morning Market Wrap: $A rises to fresh six-year high overnight

... against the US currency. "The US dollar was weaker right across the board last night, so the euro, Swiss franc, sterling, Aussie, kiwi all reached fresh highs overnight," Macquarie Bank currency strategist Jo Masters said. "It's part of this ongoing ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar remains strong

... in gold, strength in base metals and general weakness in the US dollar, the trend remains clearly in place for further Aussie strength." All Ordinaries 3226.4 -25.6 NASDAQ 1918.26 -30.74 Dow Jones 10022.82 -19.34 FTSE-100 4348.00 +0.40 Hang Seng 12520.17 ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar continues to climb

... rate hike and even though it was widely expected by the market that the RBA was going to raise rates to 5.25 per cent, the Aussie still took the benefit from that," Miss Trinh said. "Commodities posted new highs again and that's of obvious benefits to ...