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Challenger posts $21.3 million net profit

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2003
Challenger Financial Services Group (formerly CPH Management Ltd) today unveiled a significant increase in 2002-03 net profit; $21.32 million for the year ended 30 June 2003, up from $8.66 million in the previous year. "The profit reflected the growth ...

Median forecast for housing finance by volume predicts flat outcome

The number of home loan approvals has remained steady at record levels in July while the median forecast for Australian housing finance by volume is for a flat outcome but predictions range from a 3.5 per cent rise to a 2% fall. Commonwealth Bank's ...

Mixed results for Macquarie's tollway projects for August 2003

Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG) has today announced the details of traffic use on its toll road projects in Toronto, Canada and in Sydney, reflecting mixed results for August. MIG owns 43 per cent of Toronto's 407 ETR, which recorded 166.185 million ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries trail higher

The All Ordinaries trailed higher by almost 0.4 per cent, whilst Hong Kong's Hang Seng dipped lower by nearly 0.7% and Tokyo's Nikkei index rose by nearly a third of one per cent. The ANZ job advertisement series data report for August released today ...

Domestic economic outlook improving: Costello

The outlook for Australia's economy was improving after a disappointing June quarter, Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said today. Official figures last week showed the economy grew by just 0.1 per cent in the June quarter, with exports savaged by the ...

AMP's views on the recent ABS housing price data

AMP's chief economist and head of investment strategy Dr Shane Oliver has said that the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data on house prices indicate that over the last six years, house prices in Sydney and Melbourne more than doubled in ...

House price index surges 5% in June quarter: ABS

The average established house price index has risen 5 per cent for the June quarter as compared with the March quarter, and 18.1% for the year to June, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The house price index for Sydney rose 3.9% ...

ABS releases latest business indicators data

The latest business indicators figures for Australia, compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) disclosed today show that income from the sales of goods and services in manufacturing reduced 0.7 per cent from the March to the June quarter ...

Building approvals rise 2.1% for July: ABS

Building approvals across Australia during the month of July was 15,029, a rise of 2.1 per cent from June's figure and a rise of 3.7% for the year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The Bureau also said that the approvals for private ...

July's trade deficit widens to nearly $2.4 billion: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has said that Australia's balance on goods and services in its international trade stood at a deficit of $2.40 billion, at July, a fall of 15 per cent compared with the previous month's figures. Exports of goods ...