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RBA to hike rates to 5.25 per cent next week: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would raise interest rates by another 0.25 per cent next week given the strengthening domestic and global picture, according to economists. The RBA lifted rates by 0.25 per cent to 5.00 per cent on November 5, saying ...

Property seminar spruiker Kaye companies placed in receivership

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2003
Two companies associated with get-rich-quick property investment seminar spruiker Henry Kaye were put in receivership today. National Investment Institute Pty Ltd (NII) was placed in the hands of Andrew McLellan of accountancy firm PPB. Andrew Hewitt ...

Boutique fund endorses PIR survey results

The recent flight to boutique property fund managers is likely to move to a higher gear as interest rates continue to be marked up into 2004, according to SAITeysMcMahon executive director Judy MacMahon. Ms MacMahon's comments follow the recent release ...

Super funds lift performance: SelectingSuper

Superannuation funds are continuing to enjoy a strong recovery in returns, with some funds even achieving annual returns in excess of 12 per cent, according to a new performance survey. The survey, conducted by SelectingSuper, a division of industry ...

PIR survey reveals shift towards boutique property fund managers

The past few years has seen a sustained structural shift towards unlisted property fund managers, Melbourne-based research house Property Investment Research revealed in its recent Australian Property Funds Industry Survey. PIR found that direct securitised ...

ALP's Stephen Conroy urges greater corporate governance

The ALP Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Corporate Governance Stephen Conroy has outlined three areas where corporate reform is urgently needed, during a speech presented to the Company Secretaries Association (CSA) today. He said the most ...

Australian equity fund managers add value in 2003: survey

The 9.5% return on Australian equities in the first four months of the financial year was the strongest of any comparable period since 1993, while the median Australian equities fund manager has added even further value for investors, according to data ...

NAB's economic report cites RBA's leaning towards neutral interest rates

The latest National Australia Bank (NAB) weekly economic report released on November 20 has cited comments by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Ian Macfarlane, who stated that the balance of risks to the medium term inflation outlook has ...

Gold Coast company director committed for trial: ASIC

Former Gold Coast businessman Lakhmi Gulabrai Daswani - also known as Lux Daswani - was today committed to stand trial in the District Court on charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Daswani was committed ...

Morning Market Wrap: US markets weak

In New York major market gauges opened higher and then weakened. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average was down 50 points at 9661. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 5 points to 1038. The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was down ...