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Investors stick to property, despite lure of rising sharemarkets: ING

Despite the lure of rising sharemarkets, investors have decided to stay focused on property investment and debt reduction, the latest ING Melbourne Institute Household Savings and Investment Report for the September quarter revealed today. For the second ...

Interest rates remain on hold: RBA

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
Homebuyers can breathe easy after the Reserve Bank of Australia today left interest rates on hold for the 16th month in a row. Economists are expecting the central bank to start raising rates as early as December as the world economy shows signs of ...

RBA expected to hold rates, but hikes will come

Australia's effervescent economy will force interest rates to rise soon but most economists think the Reserve Bank will wait for further evidence of a global upswing before hiking rates. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has kept rates on hold for ...

NZ Super Fund appoints BNP Paribas as new custodian

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has finalised the negotiations with BNP Paribas Securities Services to secure BNP Paribas as the custodian and investment operations provider to the NZ Fund. The Fund's portfolio's value will initially be NZ$2.4 billion ...

Interest rate changes unlikely in tomorrow's RBA deliberation

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is unlikely to alter its steady stance on interest rates when it meets tomorrow as it will be weighing up the durability of the US economic recovery, economists have said. "Although the market has been flirting with ...

Latest employment data released by the ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in its latest employment data for Australia have revealed that its trend figures indicate a 0.1 per cent reduction in full-time employment during August 2003to 6,781,200, but a rise of 1.4% for the year. Part-time ...

ASIC bars former securities dealer from practicing financial services

Former Victorian securities dealer Martin James Donohue has been permanently banned from acting as a securities dealer or investment adviser representative, following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). During ...

Retail sales edge higher by 1.1% during September

Retail sales across Australia has increased by 1.1 per cent during September, reflecting a continued strong consumer spending for the month according toe the financial services group Cashcard Australia's Retail Activity Index (RAI). "The Cashcard Retail ...

Kiwi industry profits up 42 per cent

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2003
New Zealand was a more profitable place to do business last year, with the pre-tax surplus for all industries rising 42 percent to $42.4 billion. Statistics New Zealand said in its latest annual enterprise survey, covering the year to September 2002 ...

Record September trading at Commsec

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2003
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's internet broking arm Commsec has reported a record trading month in September, but doesn't put this down to the recent acquisition of a key rival. "If you combined the level of trading that the two organisations had ...