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CEOs still confident about company growth: index

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
Australia's chief executive officers are still positive about company growth despite a slight dip in confidence in the first quarter of 2004, a survey has shown. The Executive Connection Australia's (TEC) Confidence Index, a measure of the outlook and ...

HFA appoints Les Balzer to head of investment research

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
Les Balzer has been appointed to HFA Asset Management newly created position of head of investment research, the hedge fund provider said today. Dr Balzer is a professor of finance at the University of New South Wales and former principal of global ...

Leap year boosts February retail figures: Cashcard

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
An extra day thanks to the leap year helped Australian retail spending levels nudge higher in February but the shortest month in the calendar remains the lowest one for turnover, research found. The Cashcard Retail Activity Index showed retail spending ...

Australia Post to sell $230 million of three-year bonds

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
... bonds to refinance maturing debt, National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB) said yesterday. National Australia Bank is managing the sale. Australia Post, which will use the funds raised to refinance bonds maturing later this month, will meet with bond investors ...

Business expectations weakest in 12 months: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
Australian business expectations have fallen in February, with the outlook for sales, profits and employment growth the weakest in 12 months, a survey has shown. The Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) national business expectations survey revealed that expectations ...

Macquarie Funds appoints new head of distribution

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
Bruce Murphy has been named the new head of distribution for Macquarie Funds Management (MFM). Mr Murphy joins MFM from an eight year stint with Deutsche Banking Corporation, where he most recently held the position of retail distribution director ...

Interest rates expected to stay on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
Interest rates are expected to stay on hold today, with figures showing the Reserve Bank can afford to wait another month before lifting rates. Retail sales jumped 0.7% in January as shoppers took advantage of cheap imported goods thanks to the higher ...

Current account improves marginally in Q4

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
Australia's current account deficit improved marginally in the three months to December after a recovery in rural exports. But the deficit of $12.01 billion, from an upwardly revised $12.09 billion in September, was substantially above market expectations ...

Business indicators show firm end to 2003, but lowers GDP forecast

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
While Australian business indicators for the December quarter pointed to a robust finish for the economy in 2003 economists have sharply revised down their expectations for the December quarter GDP outcome. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported ...

Inventories up 0.3% in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
The estimate of income from sales by manufacturers in the December quarter, in seasonally adjusted chain volume measures, rose 0.6% to $70.505 billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. This is 0.5% higher than a year ago. Estimated income from ...