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Analysis: Super funds and master trusts bullish on equities

Superannuation funds and master trusts are almost unanimously confident that Australian equities will rise over the next six-to-12 months, according to the latest survey by the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit. Ninety-five per cent of those surveyed ...

Morning market wrap: US, UK shares fall again

The weaker sentiment on the ASX yesterday was followed by a second consecutive day of losses in London and on Wall Street as economic fears continued to undermine investor confidence. Domestically, AMP shareholders will be anxiously watching the stock ...

Retail investors lose the faith as equity funds shrink: Assirt

Retail investors have been net withdrawers from equity funds during the March quarter for the first time ever, according to Assirt. "The March quarter survey of fund flows has revealed an interesting, but worrying picture of investor behaviour. For ...

Easing of business sentiment offset by end of Iraq war: RBA

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was content to keep interest rates on hold at 4.75 per cent despite an easing of domestic sentiment as the relatively speedy resolution of the war on Iraq removed "significant" risk from the global economy, it said ...

Morning market wrap: US shares mark time

US shares ran out of momentum on Wednesday as the Dow Jones lost 27.73 points as investors were prepared to wait on the sidelines in the absence of any market moving economic indicators. The FTSE-100, having broken 4,000 points on Tuesday, slipped back ...

Qantas downgrades profit forecast again

Qantas chief executive officer Geoff Dixon today announced a further downgrade to its profit forecast for the 2002/03 financial year due to the adverse effects of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which has caused a downturn in its passenger ...

Lowest quarterly inflow of retail funds in eight years: Assirt

The March 2003 quarter saw the lowest quarterly retail managed fund inflows since March 1995, totalling $434 million, according to Assirt. This is also the first time that quarterly inflows have dipped below the $1 billion mark since 1996. The declines ...

Morning market wrap: Mixed signals for US market

The Dow Jones finished slightly lower as investors were subjected to a barrage of mixed signals regarding US economic health. Disappointing earnings figures and manufacturing data indicating a second month of contraction dampened market sentiment. But ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries edges lower

The All Ordinaries index finished slightly lower but the day was ironically dominated by a stock with zero volume in trade. AMP was placed on trading halt as it announced a massive restructure and $2.6 billion writedown from its UK operations. Air New ...

ICI announces $161 billion in combined US ETF assets for March

US investment industry association, Investment Company Institute (ICI) has announced a March US$100.83 billion (A$161 billion) asset total for US exchange-traded funds (ETFs), an overall increase of US$8 billion. Equity index ETF assets increased by ...