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Share trading climbs to record $56 billion in October: ASX

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
Share trading on the Australian stock market reached a record monthly total of $56 billion in October 2003, up from the previous record in September with $54 billion traded according to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). October was also the second ...

GDP up 1.4 percent in December quarter

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
Australia's economy was gaining pace at the start of the year as rising exports combined with resilient domestic demand to lift growth in the final quarter of 2003, economists said. The AAP economic indicator for January showed gross domestic product ...

ASIC releases SRI guidelines to facilitate product disclosure

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released guidelines for the inclusion of information relating to labour standards, and environmental and ethical factors in the product disclosure statements (PDSs) of investment products. ...

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

The Australian dollar rose to a fresh six-year high above 74.50 US cents overnight as traders anticipated key US economic data would show inflation remained weak. At 0700 AEDT the local unit was trading at $US0.7432/37 compared with yesterday's close ...

Home building up, merchandise imports down in September quarter

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
Home building activity picked up in the three months to September, the first rise in a year, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the number of new homes begun in the September quarter rose 5.5 per cent after falling ...

Property investment interest falls in December quarter: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
There's been a fall in the number of people who intend to invest new savings in the property sector, with managed funds growing in popularity. The ING Melbourne Institute Household Savings and Investment Report found that those considering investing ...

Challenger small cap fund tops performance tables: survey

Three funds - the Challenger Australian Small Companies Fund, the GMO Small Companies Trust and Perpetual Smaller Companies Share Fund - continue to lead the risk-adjusted performances of Australian small cap managers, according to a new survey. All ...

Consumer inflation expectations fall in December, at six month lows

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
Consumer expectations of inflation over the coming year fell for the second consecutive month to hit six-year lows in December at 3.1 per cent. The Melbourne Institute consumer inflationary expectations survey found 25 per cent of respondents believed ...

CSAM to launch master trust products in early 2004

Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia (CSAM) has signalled its intention to expand further away from manufacturing or pure funds management, today announcing plans to launch its own series of master trusts in early 2004. The products will be offered ...

Australians still hungry for property AMP indicator reveals

Despite the recent fall from grace of property marketer Henry Kaye as well as the plunge of home loan affordability to its lowest recorded level since September 1995, Australia remains as infatuated with property as ever, today's AMP Banking/REIA Home ...