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The rise of the Australian bourse to continue, analysts

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2004
The Australian share market should continue to rise off the record highs recorded last week, as companies deliver the goods to shareholders after a prosperous 2003/04 reporting season, market analysts said on Friday. The benchmark ASX 200 index could ...

Profits surge as Perpetual outlines strategic shift

Announcing a 29% jump in net operating profit, Perpetual has also unveiled a new business strategy for the group focusing on developing a more balanced portfolio and creating new sources of growth. "The initiatives commenced to develop a more balanced ...

AMP recaptures A credit rating after bumper H1 profits

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2004
AMP's back-in-black half-year profit results last week have proven good enough to fulfill the recovering financial services giant\'s stated aim of recapturing an A credit rating. Pointing to the strength of AMP\'s profits, Standard & Poor\'s on Friday ...

Two new faces at Macquarie; three more to come

Macquarie Funds Management (MFM) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Geoffrey Pidgeon and Jonathan Abraham to join an expanding distribution team in the group's platform, master trust and adviser market. And national sales manager for retail distribution ...

5 BT funds rated "A New"'; S&P

Standard & Poor's has assigned "A New" ratings to five Australian equity funds managed by BT Financial Group, including its Wholesale Core Australian Share Fund and Wholesale Imputation Fund. S&P said that the ratings reflected changes that had been ...

Profit warnings for ASX-listed companies on the decline

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2004
The number of profit warnings from Australian businesses fell by nearly one third in 2003/04, with the volatile Australian dollar the major trigger, an Ernst & Young study said on Tuesday. The downward trend in profit warnings was expected to continue ...

S&P affirms Zurich Aust ratings, outlook stable

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
Standard & Poor\'s Ratings Services said today that it has affirmed its A insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings on nonlife insurer Zurich Australian Insurance (ZAIL), and life insurance subsidiary Zurich Australia (ZAL), together ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2004
The Australian market is expected to struggle for direction as a benign result in the US and weakness yesterday confuse investors heading into the weekend. Strength in oil and base metal prices could underpin some gains in resource stocks, although ...

Aust building activity up 0.6% in March quarter: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
Building activity lifted 0.6% in the March quarter to $12.1 billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. The bureau said new residential building activity climbed 2.4% to a seasonally adjusted $7.0 billion. Alterations and additions to existing ...

High fees weigh on Zurich ratings: Morningstar

Morningstar has given Zurich Financial Services' Australian fixed interest fund a 3/5 sector strength rating due to the "relatively high" fees, which it said outweigh the fund's benefits. "The relatively high fees charged for Zurich's Australian fixed ...