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Challenger rallies as Lowy investment emerges

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2004
Shares in Challenger Financial Services Group surged yesterday after another high profile business figure emerged as a major stakeholder. LFG Holdings, a private investment vehicle run by the family of Westfield chairman Frank Lowy, bought a 5.78% stake ...

Aust trade gap steady in May at $1.84 billion - ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2004
Australia's trade gap with the rest of the world remained steady in May despite a surge in farm exports, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the trade deficit was $1.84 billion in May, a $2 million deterioration ...

ASIC to release paper on dollar disclosure rules

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2004
The investment watchdog will soon release a paper outlining its approach to new fee disclosure regulations, introduced by the government. The "dollar disclosure" regulations, unveiled last Thursday, mean financial licensees and product issuers must ...

ASIC fee model goes part of the way: Rainmaker

Rainmaker Information head of research Alex Dunnin says the latest fee model introduced by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on Wednesday fails to resolve the outstanding confusion over the disclosure of fees and costs. Dunnin ...

Mixed response to Govt's preferred fee disclosure model

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said the Government's preferred fee disclosure model for superannuation released yesterday is critically flawed going only part of the way to addressing consumer concerns. "The critical flaw ...

AIA continues attack on funds managers: report

The Australian Investors Association (AIA) has continued its attack on disclosure practices in the financial services industry, saying fund managers of all variety were attempting to conceal the real costs of investments made through them, Sydney's ...

Steady growth for managed investments market: Rainmaker

Rainmaker Information has released its March 2004 quarterly roundup highlighting a fourth consecutive quarter of positive investment flows into the Australian sourced managed investment market. According to Rainmaker Information, the Australian managed ...

Property market could be on the rebound, figures show

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2004
Six months after the last rise in interest rates, buying a home is back in favour. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute gauge of whether now is a good time to buy a house surged by nearly 30% in the June quarter. This was despite an overall 1.1% fall in ...

ABS says city house prices up 2.5% in March quarter

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
Capital city house prices rose just 2.5% in the first three months of the year, the smallest rise in three years, new figures showed today. But the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the only city to record a fall was Melbourne, down 1.3%, in ...

Aust economic growth slows to just 0.2% in March qtr - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
Economic growth slowed dramatically in the opening months of the year, new figures showed today, the worst result in more than a year. The economy expanded by just 0.2% in the March quarter - about one-sixth of the revised 1.3% growth recorded in the ...