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Perpetual Trustess says FY net profit up at least 25%

Perpetual Trustees Australia said today its net profit for 2003/04 will be up by at least 25% over last year's result of $68.2 million. Perpetual Trustees chairman Charles Curran said revenues continue to grow from a quality range of financial services ...

Bush renominates Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman

President George W Bush renominated Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve overnight, praising his leadership and sending a strong signal of stability to financial markets. The nomination was announced as Greenspan met at the White House ...

Aust merchandise imports fall 5.2% in April - ABS

Merchandise imports fell 5.2% in April to $10.82 billion, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said imports fell almost $600 million, with only beverages and tobacco, mineral fuels and manufactured goods rising in the ...

Macquarie Airports: Sydney Airport traffic up 17.6% in April

Macquarie Airports said today traffic at Sydney airport rose 17.6% in April, compared to the previous corresponding period. Domestic and regional traffic was up 12.2% at the airport in April while international traffic was up 29.9% compared to the previous ...

Aust unemployment rate 5.6% in April - ABS

Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 5.6% in April, compared with an unrevised 5.6% rate in March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. Total employment rose by 56,200 to 9.694 million, adjusted. Of this, full time employment ...

Pat Handley retires from AMP board

AMP director Pat Handley announced on Wednesday that he will retire from the company\'s board, citing other commitments such as his chairmanship of Pacific Brands. He also plans to step down from the board of UK-based HHG, the former operations of AMP ...

InTech says double-digit returns within reach

Asset consultancy group Intech Financial Services reported growth-oriented superannuation funds recorded positive returns in April against a background or negative returns across all major asset sectors. According to InTech, the median growth fund returned ...

Hedge Funds post negative returns in April

Investment advisory firm Hennessee Group released monthly results for April, highlighting hedge funds posted an average return of -0.78% for the month, contributing to a positive return of 2.54% for the four months to April in 2004. But despite the ...

WRAP: Overnight debt and forex

The US Treasury market ended mixed [overnight], after a major rout on Friday prompted by unexpectedly strong April employment data. The short end of the yield curve clawed back only a small part of the 0.25% rises in yield on Friday, but the long end ...

Aust business conditions broadly unchanged in April - NAB

Australian business conditions remained broadly unchanged in April but may be improving, with renewed strength evident in manufacturing and services, a new survey has shown. National Australia Bank's latest monthly business survey pointed to a stabilisation ...