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Aust manufacturing activity measure falls slightly in August

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2004
... Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) fell 2.3 points to 51.7 in August, seasonally adjusted. A reading above 50 points indicates that manufacturing is generally expanding, while a reading below 50 indicates ...

ING winds back exit fees

... The Mortgage Trust paid an effective annualised rate of 5.75 per cent for the month of July net of fees, 50 basis points above the official cash rate. ING Executive Director Marketing Ross Bowden said ING's mortgage fund management team has been significantly ...

Barclays named fund manager of the year; S&P

... performance relative to the fund's peers," S&P managing director Chris Dalton said. "Only funds that have consistently delivered above-average results against their competition can win our awards."

Resources ready to power the ASX 200 in 04/05

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2004
... resources companies, emerging as the star performer. Stocks in this sector are expected to increase in value by 45%, towering above forecast returns for other sectors, CommSec said. CommSec\'s head of quantitative research Ron Bewley said even without ...

IAG expects above 12% insurance margins ahead

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2004
Insurance Australia Group (IAG) expects to sustain an insurance margin above 12%, today unveiling a bumper net profit enhanced by huge returns on its sharemarket investments. IAG booked a net profit of $665 million for the year to 30 June, compared ...

Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index 4% in June

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2004
... economic activity, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity six to nine months into the future, was 4% in June, above its long-term trend of 3.4%. The annualised growth rate of the coincident index, which measures the current rate of growth ...

Schroders sticks with long term investment strategy

... its performance results, Schroders said its Australian Equities fund had retuned 25.3% for the year ending 30 June, 3.7% above the benchmark ASX/S&P-200 while its Global Equities Fund posted 19.4% for the year, against the benchmark return of 19.3%.

AXA parent may have to pay more for Aust subsidiary - analyst

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2004
... believes the majority of AXA shareholders don\'t want to be left holding shares in a foreign company. \"In our opinion a price above $4 and a 100% cash alternative is likely to be necessary for the deal to succeed,\" Costigan said. AXA Asia Pacific shares ...

Bendigo Bank lifts profit in 2003/04 and targets further growth

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2004
... business and strategic initiatives,\" Bendigo managing director Rob Hunt said. \"Nonetheless, we still expect to deliver growth above the banking industry average and to generate improvement in normalised earnings by 15% to 18%, depending on market conditions.\" ...

Aust top 500 private companies post record growth for 2003/04

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
... Australian businesses in 2003/04, BRW said. Revenue earned by this year\'s top 500 was 6.4% of the national figure, just above the 6.3% average, but down from the previous year\'s 6.6%. BRW said the top 500 could become more important to national revenue ...