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One third of Australian companies report higher demand in July

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
... increase of 2.9 points on the June result which points to annual manufacturing growth of around two per cent. A PMI reading above 50 indicates that manufacturing activity is expanding. Almost one-in-three companies reported that demand had risen, reflecting ...

US: New York oil hits all-time high of $US43.85

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
... could hit $US45 soon. London\'s Brent North Sea crude for September rose US77 cents to $US40.02 per barrel, the first break above $US40 since October 1990, after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Adjusted for inflation, world oil prices remain far below ...

Top performing super fund goes public

... Information, of more than 50 fund returns surveyed over a five year period, no other fund has achieved an average annual return above 9% leaving the bookies way out in front. The NSW Bookmakers fund secretary Peter Hayes-Williams, told the Financial ...

InTech ranks Tyndall No 1 in bonds

... ongoing fees of 0.89% for the three-months to 30 June 2004, contributing to a one-year return of 3.98%, 97 basis points above the median result for the year of 3.01%. According to InTech, Australian bonds returned 2.33% for the year ending 30 June, beating ...

Deutsche Bank reviews future of listed property trusts

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2004
... Deutsche Office Trust and Deutsche Industrial Trust - were merged it would create an entity with a market capitalisation above $3 billion. The development comes after Macquarie Office Trust confirmed it was in takeover talks with Principal America Office ...

PM Capital funds continue strong performance

... Australian Opportunities Fund achieved a stellar 33.9% result for the 2003/2004 financial year, more than 12 percentage points above the S&P/ASX-200 which returned 21.6% for the 12 month period. "Our research activities are focused towards some specific ...

Consumer inflationary expectations rise slightly in July: survey

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2004
... expected annual inflation to fall within the Reserve Bank of Australia\'s target band of 2% to 3%, one percentage point above the average of the previous six months. The Melbourne Institute said that despite the stronger than expected 0.9% rise in March ...

Investors Mutual funds take a dip.

... the past financial year, the fund performance was down. The Investors Mutual Australian Share Fund returned 3.03% in June, above the benchmark S&P/ASX-300 Accumulation Index on a one-month basis, but the annual return of 20.24% was 149 basis points below ...

Investment managers add value: Mercer

... 19.1%. The BT Active Balanced fund and Invesco Wholesale were the two top performing funds, achieving 5.3%, and 4.9% return above benchmark for the year.

Westpac Consumer Index rises by 4.5% in July

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
... index occurred in June 1994, when it reached 124.0. The index has averaged 116.7 in the first seven months of 2004, well above the historical average of 100.9. Consumer sentiment in Australia is currently 2.9% above its level of one year ago.