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Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index 4% in June

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2004
The Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity six to nine months into the future, was 4% in June, above its long-term trend of 3.4%. The annualised growth rate of the coincident ...

Count expects another good year in 2004/05

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2004
Wealth advice company Count Financial today said it was in good shape and that another good year was expected in 2004/05. Count said its net profit for the year ended 30 June, 2004, had increased by 53% to $9.01 million. It said a $1.7 million improvement ...

RBA says surprising if interest rates do not have to rise again

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today said it would be surprising if interest rates did not have to be increased again at some stage. In its quarterly statement on monetary policy released today, the central bank said the current policy stance in ...

Profit warnings for ASX-listed companies on the decline

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2004
The number of profit warnings from Australian businesses fell by nearly one third in 2003/04, with the volatile Australian dollar the major trigger, an Ernst & Young study said on Tuesday. The downward trend in profit warnings was expected to continue ...

RBA to leave rates on hold this month: economists

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to leave official interest rates on hold this month as a federal election looms. The central bank holds its monthly board meeting this Tuesday and will make its announcement on interest rates on Wednesday ...

Increase in insurance premiums far less severe

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
Insurance premiums are continuing to rise, but increases across most commercial classes are far less severe than in recent years, a report by the National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) has found. The NIBA analysed June renewals data of its brokers ...

HFA funds "recommended"; Lonsec

HFA Asset Management, today announced it has received \"Recommended\" ratings from independent researcher Lonsec for two of its flagship funds. Lonsec Managed Funds Research has provided a Recommended rating for the HFA International Shares Fund - the ...

AMP shares up nearly 3% on prospect of higher dividends

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
Shares in AMP jumped nearly 3% today as investors gave a tick of approval to the financial services group's accelerated debt reduction and the prospect of higher dividends in the future. AMP announced before the market opened that it had repurchased ...

NAB appoints Michael Chaney to board

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
National Australia Bank said today that former Wesfarmers chief executive Michael Chaney would join the board as a non-executive director effective December 2004 and will assume the chairmanship in September 2005. Graham Kraehe will continue as national\'s ...

Property market could be on the rebound, figures show

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2004
Six months after the last rise in interest rates, buying a home is back in favour. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute gauge of whether now is a good time to buy a house surged by nearly 30% in the June quarter. This was despite an overall 1.1% fall in ...