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Investors warming to shares: ING June quarter report

The latest ING Melbourne Institute Household Savings and Investment report for the June quarter has revealed that investors are slowly warming to the share market and have eased on their enthusiasm for property. It also showed that for the first time ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks slump on earnings doubts

US stocks fell overnight, as a spate of corporate profit warnings prompted investors to take profits. Major US indexes have surged by over 25% since early March in expectation of a strong pick-up in US corporate profits in the second half. But a growing ...

van Eyk closer to rating Australian long/short funds

van Eyk Research has released its first review of Australian long/short equity managers, the asset consultant has announced. As interest in 'alternative' investment vehicles continues to grow, van Eyk has reviewed 11 funds offered by the AMP, BGI, GMO ...

Tower looking to make interest payments on capital bonds, despite losses

Tower Group announced today in its 2003 financial report that despite a $154.4 million loss for the half-year to March 31 2003, the company intends to make interest payments on the capital bonds. The company's chairman Olaf O'Duill said that the financial ...

Tasmanian director and Victorian man charged with fraud

Timothy Rhys Hawker Williams of Hobart and Ian Thomas Paterson of Croydon, Victoria appeared in the Hobart Magistrates' Court today jointly charged with two counts of fraud brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC ...

Building activity slows down slightly in the March quarter: ABS

Building activity across Australia in the March quarter has decelerated over the past year, but by a margin less than expected, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed today. The yearly change in the construction of new dwellings from March  ...

Industrial disputes reduce marginally during March: ABS

Industrial disputes across Australia decreased from between February and March (78 to 73), but more working days were lost during 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. A total of 32,500 working days were lost due to industrial ...

Disqualified Sydney businessman sentenced to jail

Sydney businessman Stephen John Taylor was sentenced to six months jail today after pleading guilty to two charges of managing a corporation whilst disqualified, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reported. Today's sentence ...

Westpac Office Trust consolidates Sydney office tower construction projects

Leighton Properties has commenced work on two office towers as part of Westpac Office Trust's latest ambitious investment offering, Westpac has announced. Westpac established the Trust in March to acquire the Sydney site, and plans to consolidate its ...

ICI reports $165 billion US quarterly closed-end fund assets

The combined assets of US closed-end funds were US$165.03 billion (A$248.14 billion) at the end of March 2003, the US Investment Company Institute (ICI) has reported in a quarterly statistical collection of closed-end funds. Total closed-end fund assets ...