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Former Queensland financial adviser jailed

Daryl McGuire, a 41 year old former financial adviser of Cleveland, Queensland was today sentenced in the Brisbane District Court to three years imprisonment, to be released after 12 months on a $3,000, four year good behaviour bond for pleading to ...

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 ...

Internet banking transfers rise by 24%: study

The number of internet banking transfers in the December quarter 2002 increased by 24% while user login growth fell to 12%, due to greater user efficiency. In data released today on the internet banking industry by the Market Intelligence Strategy Centre ...

INVESCO scores four star rating from Morningstar

INVESCO Australia has been given a four star rating by Morningstar in its assessment of the company's Australian equities sector rating for its GARP-style approach for small capitalisation. The research house said that INVESCO uses an active 'bottom ...

ASIC releases results of accounting surveillance

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released the second stage results of its accounting surveillance project that begun in July 2002. The project reviewed the audited full-year financial reports of more than 1000 listed companies ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fixed interest managers under-perform index over 12 months

Australian fixed interest funds have under-performed the sector index over the past 12 months, returning 9.26% compared to the index performance of 9.63%, according to Rainmaker Information. The best performing fund manager in the Australian fixed interest ...

Job vacancies up 4% since November 2002: ABS

The trend estimate of the number of job vacancies in Australia has risen by 4 per cent since November 2002, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today The ABS said there were 106,800 job vacancies in February, with 92,800 in the private sector ...