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Merchandise imports rise to $11.84 billion: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
Merchandise imports rose three per cent in October to $11.84 billion as the higher Aussie dollar pushed down the price of imported goods. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said imports rose $350 million in the month. Imports of food and live ...

Equity Trustees and SG Hiscock team up for a third offering

Equity Trustees and boutique fund manager SG Hiscock and Company today announced they are now offering the EQT SGH Absolute Return Trust to the retail and investor directed portfolio services (IDPS) markets. It is the third offering to the retail market ...

Short-term visitor arrivals dip by 2% to 423,800 during October: ABS

The number of short-term visitor arrivals during October was 423,800, a decrease of two per cent as compared with the month of September, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The majority of the visitors arrived from Europe (115,700) ...

Coles Myer reports 11.9% rise in first quarter sales

Coles Myer Ltd (CML) today announced first quarter sales of $7.1 billion, and increase of 11.9 per cent for the 13 weeks ended 26 October 2003. CML chief executive John Fletcher said the business continued to make good progress against strategy in a ...

Surveys show growth funds up again in October

Growth funds enjoyed another good month in October, according to two surveys released in the past week. And now, despite the preceding two years in which many growth funds typically produced negative returns, one asset consultant claims there has been ...

ASIC bans Darling Point financial adviser

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Martin Lloyd-Cocks, a financial adviser from Darling Point NSW, from acting as a representative of a securities dealer or investment adviser for five years. Mr Lloyd-Cocks was an ...

Hedge funds underperform equity markets: Hennessee

Hedge funds continued to underperform broader US equity market indexes in October, according to hedge fund consultant Hennessee Group. Hennessee said its hedge fund index rose by 2.87% in the month, bringing the return over 12 months to 16.48%. By comparison ...

NAB survey reveals unrelenting business strength in October

The National Australia Bank (NAB) monthly business survey for October's key finding is one of unrelenting economic strength, with two other significant findings being made - namely, large jumps in forward orders and in business confidence. The survey ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits fresh highs

The Australian dollar hit a fresh six-year high of $US0.7177 overnight as the US dollar weakened, buoyed by speculation of a widening interest rate differential with the United States. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7156/61 compared ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar opens weaker

The Australian dollar opened stronger today after the US dollar weakened on profit taking in the wake of a strong US jobs number, a trader said. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7090/97 compared with Friday's close of 0.7072/77. ...