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Business conditions strengthen significantly: NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
Business conditions strengthened significantly in the September quarter, with confidence up sharply, according to the latest National Australia Bank survey. Business activity accelerated and there are encouraging signs the worst is over for rural and ...

Strong business investment to peak by mid-2004: Westpac economist

Strong business investment is expected to continue and peak towards the middle of next year, driven primarily by strong domestic demand for housing and consumer goods. In an exclusive interview with the Financial Standard, Justin Smirk, senior economist ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weak; bonds strong

The Australian dollar was fractionally weaker at noon but had travelled in an upwards trajectory in local trade after being knocked lower by a broadly stronger United States currency overnight. At 1200 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6932/36 ...

S&P research reveals turnover frequency of funds impacts long-term returns

In recent research conducted by Standard and Poor's in the US of 15,000 domestic mutual funds, it was ascertained that funds with a lower than average turnover had outperformed their high turnover peers in all nine domestic fund styles on a three and ...

Australia highlights support for ongoing APEC meeting

In a press release presented to the Financial Standard by the office of Alexander Downer, the minister for foreign affairs, Australia's support for APEC in the ongoing meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, was highlighted in this country's Individual Action ...

Macquarie Securitisation launches $650 million domestic bond issue

Macquarie Securitisation, the wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd, has launched a $650 million bond issue in Australia, its second A$ denominated issue for 2003. The issue, PUMA Masterfund P-9 Series A, is expected to price on or about 22 ...

Australia secures fourth place on global managed fund ranking

Australia has climbed up to fourth place on the global managed fund ladder, overtaking Italy in its total managed fund assets, an Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) survey has revealed. The international survey of investment funds ...

Vertex to close domestic hedge fund, flags further expansion

Sydney-based hedge fund, Vertex Capital Management Limited, has announced the appointment of Rebecca Jacques as associate director. Ms Jacques was formerly the acting head of research house Assirt, a position she assumed only in July after the resignation ...

Economy strong; rates will rise: NAB survey

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
Australian business conditions remained robust in September, indicating unrelenting strength in the economy, the latest National Australia Bank (NAB) business survey shows. While business conditions were marginally lower than the strong levels of August ...

Midday Market Wrap: Gold and resources lead market; bonds and dollar weak

The Australian share market was up more than half a per cent at midday, pushed along by strength in gold and resources and strong performances by offshore markets overnight. At 1208 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 18.1 points stronger at 3294.5 ...