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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 ...

Business confidence index rises in March: National

Australian business conditions and confidence levels are proving "remarkably resilient" despite evidence of a broad based slowing in non-farm activity, according to National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for March released today. National's ...

Super growth funds at the height of volatility:InTech

Growth oriented superannuation funds are in the midst of one of their most volatile periods with median growth fund returns of 1.6 per cent for March 2003 making it the seventh successive month of (either positive or negative) returns of 1% or greater ...

Investment Analysis: The stock-picker's market

The miserable performance of the All Ordinaries index over the last 12 months has generated a lot of pain for investors, but opportunities still exist for the canny stock-picker, according to research conducted by Financial Standard chief economist ...

AMP gets $100,000 slap on the wrist from ASIC

AMP has agreed to fund a $100,000 corporate disclosure program in the wake of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into announcements the insurance and financial services giant made to the market between July 29 and ...