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Building approvals rise 4.7% in March 2003: ABS

The total number of dwelling units approved for March 2003 was 13,341, an increase of 4.7 per cent over the previous month and a fall of 7.4% for the year (March 2002 to March 2003), according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data ...

Newspaper job advertisements down 12.1% in April: ANZ

The number of job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers fell by 12.1 per cent in April - the largest decline in four months - the latest ANZ Job Advertisements series has revealed. The series, released today, revealed that the level of newspaper ...

ICI announces $161 billion in combined US ETF assets for March

US investment industry association, Investment Company Institute (ICI) has announced a March US$100.83 billion (A$161 billion) asset total for US exchange-traded funds (ETFs), an overall increase of US$8 billion. Equity index ETF assets increased by ...

Agribusiness confidence up as drought abates: NAB

The abating drought and ensuing rains have helped the agribusiness industry gain significant confidence for the March 2003 quarter, as reported by National Australia Bank's (NAB) latest agribusiness quarterly survey. Agribusiness expectations for business ...

Morning market wrap: Dow Jones back above 8,500

Shares in the US continued to climb overnight pushing the Dow Jones index back above the 8,500 mark, which it flirted with last week and in late March before retreating. A sell-off in blue chips sent the FTSE-100 in the opposite direction however. All ...

Investors Mutual tops one-year performance table

Melbourne-based specialist Investors Mutual has been the best performing Australian equities fund manager over the past year, according to performance data compiled by the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit. The Value-style manager's Australian Shares ...

Equity mispricings create opportunities for hedge funds: FRM

... dominated by war stories but as (or if) the air clears, the opportunity set for hedge funds look good," FRM said in its March 'Viewpoint'. "Credit is no longer generally cheap and implied volatilities are high, but on the other hand, relative security ...

NAB to lose $46 million due to failed NSW bus company

The National Australia Bank (NAB) has admitted that it will take a $46 million loss in its March 2003 quarterly result due to its $132 million exposure to regional bus operator King Bros. NAB placed King Bros in administration in early April 2003 while ...

ASIC launches upgrade of eLicensing system

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released version 3 of the eLicensing system and the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensing kit for anyone wishing to apply for an Australian financial services license (AFSL) before ...

ABN Amro records first quarter profit of $1.23 billion

ABN Amro has announced a first quarter net profit of Eur690 million (A$1.78 billion) as its diversified income streams compensated for the continued weak performance of its Asset Management business due to tough market conditions. The result is an increase ...