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MacarthurCook Mortgage Fund reaches $360 million

The MacarthurCook Mortgage Fund (MacarthurCook) has achieved a level of $360 million on the back of strong sales results including $15 million of inflows in August and a further $18 million of inflows in September, consolidating the fund's accomplishment ...

Financial planner pleads guilty to fraud

Former financial planner Mr Robert Andrew Street has pleaded guilty to five charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception in the Melbourne County Court following an investigation by the ASIC. The fraud took place between September 2001 and August  ...

Australian consumers on spending spree: survey

Australian consumers have spent $17 billion according to the Cashcard Retail Activity Index for September. The cashcard retail activity index grew by 0.5 per cent during September following growth of 0.6 per cent in July and August. The seasonally adjusted ...

Qantas announces $1.9 billion bank facility

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2004
Qantas Airways Ltd today announced a $1.9 billion bank facility, slightly lower than its intention to refinance $2.1 billion. Qantas chief financial officer Mr Peter Gregg said the refinancing had been launched in August and was heavily oversubscribed ...

AMP to return capital to shareholders within 10 months

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2004
AMP Ltd will reward almost one million shareholders with a capital return within the next 10 months, AMP chief executive Andrew Mohl said today. The plan to distribute some of the rejuvenated financial services group's growing cash pool was flagged ...

Record month for 30-day IR futures contract: SFE

September was the busiest month on record for trading in the 30 Day Interbank cash rate futures contract, the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) said on Thursday. The total monthly volume of 100,914 traded contracts was a 55 per cent increase on the previous ...

Aust job vacancies fall 14,600 in August qtr: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2004
Job vacancies fell 14,600 to 117,600 seasonally adjusted in the August quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said while in other figures released today, the bureau said retail sales improved just 0.2 per cent, or $36 million, during August. ...

Aust trade deficit narrows in August to $1.93 billion - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
Australia's trade gap with the rest of the world narrowed sharply in August after a five per cent drop in imports, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the monthly trade deficit fell to $1.93 billion last month after a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
The Australian stock market is expected to open firmer as a solid lead on Wall Street should translate into early domestic buying, with oil stocks also expected to do well given the recent run up in global oil prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Telstra starts capital management plan with $750m buyback

Telstra Corp has unveiled details of a $750 million off-market share buyback today as part of its three year, $4.5 billion capital management program. In June, Australia's biggest telecommunications company said it planned to return $1.5 billion to ...