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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 ...

Aristocrat shares up 12% after profit forecast

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2004
Shares in poker machine maker Aristocrat Leisure rocketed more than 12% higher in early trade after providing guidance for the first half. Aristocrat - which had previously provided no outlook for the first half - today said it expected a net profit ...

Iraq contracts boost revenue at US vice president's old firm

Controversial US oil and services group Halliburton said Wednesday that its contracts in Iraq had helped boost its turnover by about 80% in the first three months of the year. Support work to US military operations and US-funded reconstruction projects ...

QBE could be close to acquisitions

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
Global insurer QBE Insurance Group could be on the verge of a significant acquisition, saying on Friday its earnings were tracking ahead of expectation in 2004. QBE upgraded its insurance profit target to the high end of between 10% and 11% after a ...

HGL to meet forecast profits

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2004
... transactions, performance fees or revaluations. HGL expects $1.4 million in profits to flow from the revaluation of Hunter Hall, plus a further $1.5 million in recurring profits from listed investment company MMC Contrarian, Mr Miller said.

MLIM appoints co-CIO

... Sydney to take on the role as co-chief investment officer of MLIM Australia. And in another senior appointment, former Hunter Hall chief investment officer Kim Tracey has taken on the role as senior fund manager in the Australian equities team. In his ...

Hunter Hall loses chief investment officer

Ethical fund manager Hunter Hall has lost its chief investment officer to a large investment institution, and is yet to appoint a replacement, Hunter Hall chairman Peter Hall announced at the group's AGM yesterday. However Mr Hall confirmed that he ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares close firmer

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2003
The Australian share market closed firmer today, as resource stocks led the march higher after gains on offshore markets overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 20.5 points higher at 3192.0 while the all ordinaries index added 21.7 points to ...

Simon Crean hails ALP as the 'Party of the Superannuants' at talk today

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Simon Crean emphasised the importance of superannuation to his party's core value system during the unveiling of the second leg of the ALP's retirement incomes policy labelled 'Superannuation: A Safer System' ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares climb after gains overnight in US

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
The Australian share market opened higher today following a positive lead from key United States indices overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 8.2 points better off at 3189.6 by 1015 AEDT while the all ordinaries index had lifted 7.9 points ...