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Solid 2004 for Intersuisse small caps index

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2005
An index has shown that small capitalised stocks performed well in 2004 but fell short of the bumper 2003 when the minnows of the stock market improved almost 50 per cent. The small caps index of stockbroker Intersuisse ended 24 per cent higher in 2004 ...

Count earnings climb with boost by planners

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2005
Count Financial Ltd lifted its forecasts for full year earnings, boosted by the increasing popularity of its financial planners. Count - which runs a network of more than 1,100 accountancy-based financial planners - said it now expected to exceed its ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2005
In Sydney today the Australian share market is expected to open slightly weaker with broadly unchanged US markets and little movement on major commodities overnight providing little direction for the domestic bourse. The March share price index contract ...

Four star rating to Centro's direct property fund

ASSIRT Research has given Centro Direct Property Fund a four star rating. Since its inception in 2002, the $334.5 million direct property fund has achieved a 15.9 per cent return to December 2004 placing the fund in the first quartile of its peer group. ...

ANZ sticks to earnings forecasts

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2004
ANZ Banking Group today stuck to its earnings guidance for the 2005 financial year, but said competition would continue to place pressure on margins. ANZ chairman Charles Goode also said there was likely to be some further easing in overall credit growth ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2004
In Sydney today the sharemarket is expected to open firmer despite weakness in the US markets as the recent bid tone is expected to continue heading into the Christmas break. The December share price index contract, a key indicator for the day ahead ...

RBA foreshadows rate rise

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2004
Reserve Bank deputy governor Glenn Stevens yesterday kept alive the possibility that Australian interest rates may rise in the next year or so. Mr Stevens indicated that the central bank could move to lift rates at some stage in the future, if wages ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2004
In Sydney today the sharemarket is expected to open slightly firmer as US markets make steady gains after the US Federal Reserve lifted interest rates to 2.25 per cent. The December share price index contract, a key indicator for the day ahead, was ...

Australia's business confidence falls

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2004
Australia's business confidence fell sharply in November, but not enough to slow business growth, which remains close to ten-year highs, a survey found today. The National Australia Bank's monthly business survey points to robust ongoing growth in November ...

Trends in market expectations

Rainmaker Information has compiled data over the last 12 months revealing the market expectations of fund managers, banks and research houses in comparison to those of superannuation funds and master trusts. The expectations were recorded across six ...