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Steady growth for managed investments market: Rainmaker

Rainmaker Information has released its March 2004 quarterly roundup highlighting a fourth consecutive quarter of positive investment flows into the Australian sourced managed investment market. According to Rainmaker Information, the Australian managed ...

Property market could be on the rebound, figures show

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2004
Six months after the last rise in interest rates, buying a home is back in favour. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute gauge of whether now is a good time to buy a house surged by nearly 30% in the June quarter. This was despite an overall 1.1% fall in ...

Retail investment funds bounce back: Rainmaker

The Australian sourced investment management market hit $864 billion to the end March 2004, up 2.5% for the quarter and 18% for the year, Rainmaker Information data revealed in the March quarter 2004 roundup released today. The report also highlighted ...

Ethical investments booming: Rainmaker

The March quarter 2004 Rainmaker Information Roundup revealed ethical and socially responsible investment funds have cracked the $3 billion mark for the first time, up 38% for the year. "After several quarters during 2002 and 2003 of very slow growth ...

Aust May business conditions steady but growth still strong: NAB

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
Australian economic growth continued at a rapid pace through the first half of 2004, despite clearly slowing from late 2003, a survey has shown. The National Australia Bank (NAB) business survey for May showed the business condition index was unchanged ...

ABS says city house prices up 2.5% in March quarter

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
Capital city house prices rose just 2.5% in the first three months of the year, the smallest rise in three years, new figures showed today. But the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the only city to record a fall was Melbourne, down 1.3%, in ...

GDP slowdown likely to keep interest rates steady - economists

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
A surprisingly sharp slowdown in Australia's economic growth in the March quarter would likely keep interest rates on hold for the rest of the year, economists said on Wednesday. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported the nation's real gross domestic ...

Retail managed funds up 13.3% in March Q04: Plan For Life

Actuary and Research house Plan For Life released details today of its March quarter 2004 analysis of retail managed funds, highlighting a 13.3%, or $8.5 billion increase in the quarter to $328.1 billion. According to the release, St George, AXA Australia ...

Experts predict 20% returns from ASX over coming year

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
Experts predict the Australian stock market's ASX 200 index to return 20% over the coming year, according to Commonwealth Securities. Consensus forecasts, calculated after the March reporting season, found a selection of market experts think the ASX200 ...

Aust economic growth slows to just 0.2% in March qtr - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
Economic growth slowed dramatically in the opening months of the year, new figures showed today, the worst result in more than a year. The economy expanded by just 0.2% in the March quarter - about one-sixth of the revised 1.3% growth recorded in the ...