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ASIC deals out permanent ban to Brisbane financial planner

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Harvey Baigent - a Brisbane financial planner - from acting as a representative of a dealer or investment adviser. ASIC commenced an investigation of Mr Baigent following ...

New motor vehicle sales rise 1.3% to 79,316 in August: ABS

The number of new motor vehicles sales in August rose to 79,316 as compared with July's 78,316, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. This represents an increase of 1.3 per cent. The number of passenger vehicles sales in August was 51,866 ...

International merchandise imports rise to $10.88 billion in August: ABS

International merchandise imports rose to $10.88 billion during the month of August, driven mainly by a higher demand for manufactured goods, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed today. The August figure is $264 million higher than the ...

Morningstar upgrades ING's international fixed interest management process

Morningstar has today announced that it had upgraded ING Investment Management Australia's management of international fixed interest from negative to neutral due to new process. The company had a four star Morningstar rating as at 31 July 2003, indicative ...

Australia's current unemployment rate compares favourably with OECD average

Australia's current unemployment rate, announced at a 13-year low 5.8 per cent yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), is far lower than the standardised unemployment rate of 7.2% (July 2003) for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation ...

S&P issues new Australian fund ratings

Research group Standard & Poor's has released ratings of a further 11 funds, managing Australian and global equities and Australian listed property. The ratings are the second of the group's Australian Fund Management Ratings, following the launch in ...

Midday market wrap: $A strengthens following ABS jobs data

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2003
Stocks on the Australian share market were down by noon today, but trading was healthy as investors saw the market as a safe haven on the anniversary of September 11. By 1203 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 11 points at 3205.4, while ...

Buoyant housing lending finance figures for July: ABS

Housing lease finance across Australia rose 14.9 per cent from June to July 2003, from $461 million to $530 million according to statistics revealed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Meanwhile, housing finance for owner occupation rose 3.4% ...

Unemployment rate dips 0.4% to 5.8%: ABS

The latest labour figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the nation's unemployment rate dipped 0.4 per cent from 6.2% in July 2003 to 5.8% in August 2003. The labour force participation rate has risen in that period ...

Senate Super Committee calls for rewrite of government portability regulations

Senator Nick Sherry, the shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, has said that the Senate Super Committee has unanimously requested the Government rewrite its so-called portability regulations. "The portability regulations claim to allow ...