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Housing finance falls 3.9% in November

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2004
... finance approvals in November were to refinance existing loans. In other figures, the ABS said building activity rose to its third highest level on record in the September quarter last year. The ABS said building work rose 3.2%, seasonally adjusted ...

Macquarie's Korean road fund raises additional $304 million

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
Macquarie Bank Ltd and Shinhan Bank hasannounced the third close of the Korean Road Infrastructure Fund raising an additional $304 million. Macquarie Bank and Shinhan Bank, which are the joint managers of Korea's first private infrastructure fund, said ...

AMP says demerger sparks 83% net cash flow rise

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
... quarter for its Plan For Life unit, excluding regular premium products and risk products, compared with $142 million in the third quarter.

Businesses expect strong start to 2004

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
Australian businesses expect a strong start to 2004, with more than a third performing better than planned during the first half of the 2003-2004 financial year, according to a new survey. The D&B National Business Expectations Survey showed that expectations ...

Merrill Lynch survey reveals upbeat global sentiment on equities

Buoyed by global reflation, world equity markets will be higher in 12 months time, a new survey of fund managers has revealed. The monthly global survey, conducted by Merrill Lynch revealed that managers were overweight equities, underweight bonds and ...

Midday Market wrap: $A weaker at noon, bonds firmer

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2003
... keep downward pressure on the US currency. Other data out in the US showed the US current account deficit narrowed in the third quarter to $US135 billion. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7427/33 compared with yesterday's close ...

Morning Market Wrap: $A rises to fresh six-year high overnight

... government reported stronger US industrial production in November and a slight improvement in the nation's trade deficit in the third quarter. Despite a short term rally after the figures were released the US dollar remained under pressure against the ...

Macquarie Bank to purchase US energy assets for $182 million

Macquarie Bank has entered into an agreement to purchase ExelonThermal Technologies, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, for $US135 ($A182) million. Macquarie Bank said it is to provide acquisition debt and equity for 100 per cent of the purchase price ...

Property guru Kaye faces court over third company

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2003
A court application to place a third Henry Kaye company in receivership has been listed to be heard on Tuesday next week. Australia's corporate regulator has taken property spruiker Mr Kaye to the Federal Court in an effort to rein in his business activities ...

CEOs say rate hikes biggest threat to economy: survey

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2003
... surveyed, 56 per cent, predicted economic conditions would remain the same over the coming 12 months, whilst just less than one third expected conditions to improve. TEC Australian CEO Ron Hirsch said the results showed that CEOs on the whole were still ...