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Australian Unity gets 'competent' rating from Assirt

Assirt has given a 'competent' business management and operating capability rating to Australian Unity Funds Management (AUFM), it has announced. "AUFM's internal research capabilities have improved with less reliance placed on external consultants," ...

Worldwide mutual funds rise to over $18.7 trillion

Assets of worldwide mutual funds rose 5.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2002 to A$18.7 trillion, according to a report released by the Washington-based Investment Company Institute on behalf of the International Funds Association, an organization ...

ANZ predicts 4% Australian economic growth in 2004

ANZ today predicted that the Australian economy will grow by 3 per cent for 2003 and by 4% for 2004, slightly higher than the forecasted average for world economic growth of 2.9% in 2003, and 3.9% for 2004. But Financial Standard Chief Economist Dr ...

Morningstar upgrades BT global equities, downgrades property

Morningstar has announced an upgrade of BT Financial Group's international equities sector strength rating from 'neutral' to 'positive' in tandem with a downgrade for its listed property rating from 'neutral' to 'negative.' The upgrade for international ...

Newspaper job advertisements up by 0.4% in March: ANZ

The total number of newspaper advertisements rose by 0.4% in March to 21,062 per week, the third consecutive monthly increase, according to monthly job advertisement figures released by ANZ today. But the total number of newspaper and internet job advertisments ...

Barclays tops Morningstar sector strength ratings

Barclays Global Investors' Managed Investments Australian share fund has received a sector strength rating of five and a Morningstar star rating of three stars for its style-neutral 'alpha tilts' investment approach, putting them on top of Morningstar's ...

Morning market wrap: US shares run out of steam

Following two days of gains in the US shares lost their momentum on Thursday as the market expressed its caution at the underlying strength of the US economy in a post-war environment. The Dow Jones finished 44.68 points lower at 8240.38 points. All ...

Hurdles lie in wait for Australian economy: Commonwealth Bank

Australia's resilient economy faces significant hurdles ahead due to the weak global outlook, weakness in global equity markets, the risk of protracted conflict in the Middle East, the effects of the drought and a possible downturn in the housing cycle ...

AMP in damage limitation mode after Moody's downgrade

Paul Cully AMP chief executive officer Andrew Mohl has moved to reassure investors that the future of the financial services giant remains sound despite today's announcement from Moody's that it has assigned a 'negative outlook' to its long term ratings. ...

Morningstar gives three stars to Perpetual's Barra offering

John Fernando Research house Morningstar has given Perpetual Investments' Alpha Quant offering from Barra International a three star rating. Morningstar said that a lack of emphasis on quality and sustainability of earnings from the quant model was ...