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Optimix reaches $5 billion

Optimix's manage the managers funds has reached $5 billion in funds under management, more than double the total since October 2003. The increase in funds follows Optimix's strategy to move into the larger adviser market through ANZ financial planners ...

Interest rates may rise after CPI increase

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2005
The case for higher interest rates had strengthened with the recent resurgence of inflation pressures in the domestic economy, analysts said today. Australia's consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.8 per cent in the December quarter, lifting the annual ...

Annuity asset test changes lead to strong inflows

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) life insurance statistics have shown $10.9 billion of life office premiums were received during the September 2004 quarter, a 28 per cent increase from the same time last year, on the back of changes ...

Superannuation assets close in on $650 billion

The latest edition of the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority's Superannuation Trends for the September quarter of 2004 has shown superannuation assets total $648.9 billion at the end of the quarter after a 2.8 per cent rise during the period. ...

St.George dividends to grow in line with EPS

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2004
Australia's fifth largest bank, St George Bank Ltd, today reaffirmed its earnings forecast for the 2005 financial year and flagged an improvement in payouts to shareholders. St George chairman Frank Conroy reiterated that the bank was targeting 10 per ...

ANZ sticks to earnings forecasts

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2004
ANZ Banking Group today stuck to its earnings guidance for the 2005 financial year, but said competition would continue to place pressure on margins. ANZ chairman Charles Goode also said there was likely to be some further easing in overall credit growth ...

Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super fund heads toward $600 million

The momentum continues for Colonial First State's (CFS) FirstChoice Employer Super fund winning another client, Commander Communications Limited. The fund has attracted a number of employers from a wide range of industries. An additional $240 million ...

Brakes applied to investment property mortgage market

Market analyst Datamonitor has produced a report showing the outstanding growth in the investment property mortgage market is beginning to slow. Lending commitments for investment properties have nearly tripled in the last five years reaching a level ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2004
In Sydney today the sharemarket is expected to open firmer despite weakness in the US markets as the recent bid tone is expected to continue heading into the Christmas break. The December share price index contract, a key indicator for the day ahead ...

Australia's business confidence falls

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2004
Australia's business confidence fell sharply in November, but not enough to slow business growth, which remains close to ten-year highs, a survey found today. The National Australia Bank's monthly business survey points to robust ongoing growth in November ...