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IMF says global economy set to beat forecasts

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2004
The world economy is expanding faster than previously expected, top International Monetary Fund official Anne Krueger said in a prepared speech Wednesday. Prospects were "distinctly brighter" now than just a few months ago, she said a speech to bankers ...

JP Morgan to merge with Bank One

... combined company will have assets of $US1.1 trillion ($A1.42 trillion), a strong capital base, 2,300 branches in 17 states and top-tier positions in retail banking and lending, credit cards, investment banking, asset management, private banking, treasury ...

S&P assigns first AAA rating to Australian equity fund

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
Standard & Poor's announced today that it has assigned its first AAA rating to an Australian equity fund, assigning the top rating to the CFS FirstChoice Investments - 452 Australian Share Fund. The fund is offered through an alliance between Colonial ...

Survey reveals 90% rise in small and medium cap resource companies

... prices and demand, but also on the performance of the large caps in the sector," Mr Wendt said. "Exponential growth for the top performers of 2003 is unlikely to be repeated in 2004 although there is potential for other stocks further down the list to ...

Midday Market Wrap: AMP dominates local trade in lethargic market

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2003
... newly demerged AMP Ltd. AMP was trading at $4.79 as it began its life free of its ailing British businesses. They were the top traded stock by volume, with 47.06 million shares worth $224.9 million shares changing hands. But analysts said there was little ...

INVESCO appoints Mark Topy to small caps team

INVESCO Australia has announced that it has appointed Mark Topy to its smaller companies team as an assistant investment manager, supporting Ross Wilkinson and Cynthia Jenkins in the management of its small caps portfolios. "With over 11 years' investment ...

Dollars rise, housing downturn risks to growth-funds manager

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
Australian economic growth is robust but the key risks for the share markets are the rising local currency and the prospects of a housing market downturn and a sell off in the bond markets, according to a funds manager. Deutsche Asset Management head ...

Challenger small cap fund tops performance tables: survey

... lead the risk-adjusted performances of Australian small cap managers, according to a new survey. All three funds retained the top AAA rating in the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) September quarter investment performance review. The Challenger ...

Jobless rate stuck at 14-year lows in November: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
... fall in part-time jobs kept the total employment gain down to 20,700. The rise was double market expectations, and comes on top of strong jobs gains in the last few months which have pushed the jobless rate to its lowest level since December 1989. The ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market lower at noon

The Australian share market remained slightly lower at noon following a weaker session in offshore markets overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 4.1 points at 3207.1, while the all ordinaries index was 3.5 points lower at ...