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Home loans group calls on government to support reverse mortgage

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2004
The federal government should consider helping Australian retirees with inadequate superannuation by supporting reverse mortgages, a specialist home loans group said today. Bluestone Equity Release, a subsidiary of non-conforming lender Bluestone Group ...

BHP smashes Australian corporate record with $4.9 bln profit

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2004
Soaring commodity prices have pushed BHP Billiton to a record net profit for 2003/04, with the dual-listed company nearly doubling the previous year\'s result. The world\'s largest diversified miner also said voracious demand from China and limited ...

AXA shares soar 19% after resuming trading

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2004
Shares in Australia\'s second largest life insurer AXA Asia Pacific Holdings jumped 19% when trading resumed today, after news directors were considering a $3.1 billion takeover bid by its parent company. The shares, which had been in a trading halt ...

FPA backs new ASIC guidelines on SOA's

... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on how licensees and their representatives prepare Statements of Advice (SOA). "These are important and positive developments for the financial planners and their clients," FPA chief executive officer ...

FSR complexities will be resolved: Sen Cameron

... requirements contained in the Financial Services Reform Act, Senator Cameron said the complex requirements contained in the SOA's resulting from the FSR, was not anticipated and not supported by the government. "The government accepts the concept of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
The Australian market should benefit from a positive lead from the US and local gold producers should see renewed interest after bullion soared past the $US400 mark overnight. US stocks ended slightly higher overnight as investors nibbled at technology ...

MIG securities jump to 10-mth highs on Cintra spin-off

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2004
Macquarie Infrastructure Group securities soared to 10-month highs today, after the toll road owner said it was floating its Spanish investment arm, pocketing $1.75 billion in the process. Macquarie Bank-backed MIG unveiled the move late on Friday ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
The Australian share market should get a boost from Wall St and open higher, continuing a winning streak that ran through most of last week. Higher base metals and precious metals prices at the weekend should also propel resource stocks, which ended ...

Aust dollar tumbles more than one US cent over weekend

The Australian dollar tumbled by more than one US cent over the weekend to reach a six month low as the United States dollar soared on a much stronger than expected US jobs report. The key US report, which also delivered a robust employment number last ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
In Sydney today, the Australian market is expected to open slightly weaker as US markets only inched ahead over night after losing ground towards the close of trade. The Federal Reserve said shifts in its monetary policy are "likely to be measured," ...