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Macquarie Wrap celebrates five years and $10bln FuA

Macquarie Wrap Solutions announced it passed the $10 billion mark for funds under administration last week coinciding with the fifth anniversary since being established in August 1999. \"The market-leading growth of Macquarie Wrap Solutions, which equates ...

Record month for options trading in August: ASX

The Australian Stock Exchange reported this week a new record average daily volume set for options trading in August. The ASX reported an average of 83,673 options contracts were traded each day in August compared with the previous highest average daily ...

RBC Capital launches $250 million Kangaroo transaction

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2004
RBC Capital markets has launched a $250 million Kangaroo transaction for the Council of Europe Development Bank (COE). The bond deal, the first for COE in the Kangaroo market, is being marketed to investors at 28 to 30 basis points over the ACGB (Australian ...

Aust bond market opens broadly unchanged ahead of US jobs report

The Australian bond market opened broadly unchanged today as traders awaited an upcoming United States jobs report for their next lead. Early today the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.425% from 5.440 at yesterday\'s close ...

Aust manufacturing activity measure falls slightly in August

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2004
A measure of Australian manufacturing activity fell slightly in August as a boost from the Federal government\'s family payments subsided, a survey has found. The Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing ...

Market Wrap

The Australian dollar opened stronger today after the US dollar lost ground overnight on weaker than expected economic data. At 0700 AEST the local currency was trading at US$0.7043/48, compared with 0.7005/09 at yesterday\'s close. It reached a low ...

Small business confidence at 11 year high - survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2004
Australia\'s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are experiencing the strongest business conditions in more than a decade, a quarterly business index reported today. The August Sensis Business Index has found that business confidence had risen 6% during ...

Resources ready to power the ASX 200 in 04/05

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2004
The resources boom will continue to drive the S&P/ASX 200 index in the year ahead as supply restrictions drive a second phase of growth, according to analysts. The consensus of market experts in CommSec\'s latest industry quarterly estimate the S&P/ASX ...

Colonial joins the rush of TAP's

Colonial First State has joined the stampede of new product launches, announcing a Term Allocated Pension (TAP) as part of its FirstChoice platform will be available from October. "Through TAP's, retirees will be able to enjoy a greater range of choice ...

UK launches probe into Citigroup bond trading

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2004
Britain\'s financial watchdog said on Wednesday it had launched a probe into unusual trading by U.S. financial services giant Citigroup in European government bond and derivative markets earlier this month. The enquiry centres around Citigroup\'s sale ...