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Fletcher Forests posts $271 million net loss

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2003
Fletcher Forests posted a net loss of $271 million for the year ended June, and said today it will defer a $140 million payout to shareholders...

ASFA appoints new marketing and member services manager

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed Deborah Young as its new marketing and member services manager...

Midday market wrap: Australian stocks track US gains

The Australian stock market at noon today had made modest gains in the wake of firmer trading in the United States, with most of the major banks, resources stocks and Telstra in positive territory...

Midday market wrap: $A strengthens following ABS jobs data

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2003
Stocks on the Australian share market were down by noon today, but trading was healthy as investors saw the market as a safe haven...

Federal Treasurer Costello indicates that the economy is very strong

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said that today’s job figures indicated that the domestic economy was very strong...

SAITeysMcMahon flagship fund inflow set to grow 25%

SAITeysMcMahon’s flagship product -the Diversified Property Fund (DPF) – is forecast to grow Funds Under Management (FUM) by 25 per cent this quarter...

Buoyant housing lending finance figures for July: ABS

Housing lease finance across Australia rose 14.9 per cent from June to July 2003, from $461 million to $530 million according to statistics revealed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)...

Unemployment rate dips 0.4% to 5.8%: ABS

The latest labour figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the nation’s unemployment rate dipped 0.4 per cent from 6.2% in July 2003 to 5.8%...

Democrats round on government portability regulations

Now emerging as a key player in the retirement savings policy debate, the Australian Democrats have again attacked the government’s superannuation portability regulations.

Great Southern Plantations set to raise $55 million through security issue

Great Southern Plantations said it intends to raise up to $55 million through the issue of Transferable Reset Exchangeable Securities...