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St George Bank announces $298 million half-year profit

St George Bank today announced an interim profit after tax of $298 million for the half year ended March 31 2003 and an interim dividend of $0.45 (up from $0.38 at March 31 2002) in what the bank said was a strong overall performance at the upper end ...

Public Offer super fees to increase: KPMG

KPMG's latest Public Offer Superannuation Fund Index has revealed that super funds are expected to increase their fees following the introduction of the quarterly Superannuation Guarantee regime from July 1 "It is highly likely that the costs of administering ...

Trade deficit down 22.24% in March: ABS

The Australian economy experienced a $1.48 billion trade deficit for the month of March 2003, a decrease of 22.24 per cent from the deficit experienced in February 2003 of $1.90 billion. In the latest economic figures released by the Australian Bureau ...

Anglican super revamps manager line-up, investment options

The Anglican Church Master Superannuation Fund (ACMSF) has announced that it will expand its investment options to "up to 14" on September 1 as part of a revamp of its investment and fund management process. ACMSF has chosen InTech (investing in Concord ...

Assirt upgrades BNP's international equities to 'very strong'

Assirt has upgraded its rating of BNP Paribas' international equities offering, managed by Massachusetts Financial Services Institutional Advisor (MFS), from 'strong' to 'very strong,' it has announced. Assirt has also given a 'strong' rating to its ...

Flight Centre records $68.8 million in profits

Flight Centre today announced an increase of 21 per cent in its pre tax profit of $68.8 million for the nine months to March 31, 2002 and a 31% increase in gross ticket sales and other revenue to $3.14 billion. "Our profit figures for the third quarter ...

March quarter records highest price rises since 1995: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had risen by 1.3 per cent for the March quarter 2003, up from 0.7% in the December quarter 2002. The ABS said that apart from the September quarter 2000, which ...

Building activity value rises 3.1% to $11.46 billion: ABS

The value of building activity rose by 3.1% to $11.46 billion in the September quarter of 2002, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. Of this, new residential building construction was worth $6.7 billion in the December quarter, an increase ...

Superannuation assets increase $12.2 billion in September quarter 2002

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today said that superannuation assets have increased by 2.4% for the quarter from September 2002 to December 2002 from $505.6 billion to $517.9 billion, or by $12.2 billion. This was revealed in ...

Qantas to cut 1,000 jobs by June 30

Qantas Airways today announced that it would reduce its staff by 1,000 employees between now and June 30 as it reacts to lower passenger numbers due to the war in Iraq, the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and prevailing economic ...