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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 ...

Aust dollar tumbles more than one US cent over weekend

The Australian dollar tumbled by more than one US cent over the weekend to reach a six month low as the United States dollar soared on a much stronger than expected US jobs report. The key US report, which also delivered a robust employment number last ...

Australia newspaper job ads fall for first time in 4 months in April: ANZ

The number of job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers fell for the first time in four months, a jobs series showed. The ANZ job advertisements report for April showed newspaper job ads fell by 0.7%, seasonally adjusted, to an average of ...

Manufacturing sector stronger: report

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2004
Demand for food, beverages and commodities helped drive a slight growth in manufacturing activity last month, according to a key industry indicator released today. But the report on the the Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index, released by ...

Japan's industrial output rises slightly in March, stronger growth ahead

Japan's industrial output rose only marginally in March but should power ahead in the coming months on the back of the nation's solid economic recovery, economists said yesterday. The trade ministry said March industrial production rose 0.1% after adjustment ...

US jobs confidence adds to recovery optimism

Americans were more upbeat in April about finding a job than they have been in almost 18 months, causing markets to quickly shift focus to next week's influential report on the U.S. employment situation. Also consumers bought a near-record number of ...