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Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds lower on RBA move

The Australian stock market opened lower today after a dip in trade on Wall Street overnight and the decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to list the official cash rate 25 basis points to 5.00%. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 14.6 points ...

RBA lifts cash rate to 5.00%

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today raised the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.00 per cent. The move is the RBA's first shift in monetary policy for 17 months. In a statement, the central bank said interest rates had been set low in ...

Henderson wins long-term mandate competition in the UK

Henderson Global Investors has been voted winners of the long-term mandate competition organised by the UK University pensions fund Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the UK's third largest pension fund, and pensions consultancy Hewitt Bacon ...

Building activity worth $11.21 billion during the June quarter: ABS

Building activity across Australia during the June quarter reached $11.216 billion, driven primarily by construction activity in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, although the highest increase during the quarter was recorded in the Northern ...

Aviva Australia streamlines national distribution

Aviva Australia, formerly Norwich Union, has announced several new appointments following its decision to introduce a streamlined national distribution structure. All appointments are state manager positions for Aviva's life insurance and investment ...

IFA Securities adviser banned for five years

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned former IAF Securities representative Melanie Hutson, of Tasmania, from acting as a representative of a securities dealer or investment advisor for five years. Ms Hutson was an authorised ...

ASIC releases eLicensing V.4 and AFS Licensing Kit

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released the fourth version of its eLicensing system - together with an updated version of the Australian financial services (AFS) Licensing Kit - for entities wishing to apply for an ...

Annualised growth rate beats long term trend: Westpac/MI

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2003
Australia's economic growth would continue to improve in the second half of 2003 and into the first half of 2004, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity. The annualised growth rate of the index, which normally ...

ASX reports $19.4 million profits in Q1

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
The Australian Stock Exchange Ltd said today that it had achieved an unaudited profit of $19.4 million for the three months to September 30, 2003. This is the highest quarterly profit on record and is up 15.8 per cent on the previous corresponding period. ...

Superannuation assets jump in June quarter: APRA

The value of Australian superannuation assets recovered strongly in the June quarter, and now stands at record levels, according to latest data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). But APRA said most of the rise was due ...