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Labor to support FTA with US

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2004
The Labor Party will support the proposed free trade agreement with the United States after a crucial caucus meeting this morning voted in favour of the deal. Labor sources said two thirds of Labor parliamentarians supported the deal after ALP members ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
The Australian stockmarket is expected to open slightly firmer today as stronger gold prices and positive performances from offshore equity markets on Friday set the tone for the session. However, with a number of major companies reporting earnings ...

Top performing super fund goes public

The top performing superannuation fund over a five-year period will be open to the public from today after the NSW Bookmakers fund went public when it signed Equity Trustees as its new superannuation trustee. The three funds covered by the bookmakers ...

UBS to launch global property fund

UBS Global Asset Management Australia is to join the growing list of fund managers tempting Australian investors into offshore property when it launches a global property fund within the next two months. The new fund will aim to attract wholesale and ...

Aust imports stubbornly high in June keeping trade deficit wide

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2004
Australian import growth remained stubbornly high in June, further widening the country\'s trade deficit, economists said on Thursday. The balance on goods and services was a seasonally adjusted deficit of $2.22 billion in June from an upwardly revised ...

S&P begins consultation on management of News index move

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2004
Equity index provider Standard & Poor\'s on Tuesday reassured anxious investors any change in News Corp listing on key Australian stock indices will occur proportionally. Responding to concerns News Corp\'s likely removal from benchmark indices would ...

Boutiques rewarded for good performance; Rainmaker

Boutique fund managers are gaining an increasing share of Australian equity funds under management and could soon command almost half the Australian equity investment market, Rainmaker Information said. According to Rainmaker data to the end of March ...

Centro Properties, Prime Retail Group plan merger

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2004
Centro Properties Group and Prime Retail Group today announced a proposal to merge, creating the fifth largest property trust in Australia. The merged entity would have combined assets under management of $6.4 billion and property management of 132 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
The Australian stockmarket is expected to open weaker as a poor lead from the US and weaker gold and base metal prices look set to weigh on the local bourse. However, domestic influences will be more apparent in the near term as the Australian market ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2004
The Australian market could move into positive territory today after strong gains on the US market opened the door for some recouping of yesterday\'s domestic losses. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract - an indicator ...