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Embezzlement more common but scams hurt most; report

Embezzlement accounts for almost half the incidence where retail investors have been defrauded by their financial advisers while unauthorised trading contributes one third of incidence, according to a new report conducted by Tepana Associates. In a ...

Lend Lease suspends controversial share buy back

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2004
Lend Lease Corporation on Monday announced it was suspending its controversial on market share buyback of up to 44 million shares until after the release of its annual results. \"In view of the forthcoming announcement of annual results on 18 August ...

New disclosure laws for brokers and mortgage managers

Newly introduced legislation taking effect as of yesterday will require some finance brokers, mortgage managers and motor traders to enter a finance broking contract (FBC) with their customers, and to disclose commissions and other benefits. The new ...

Aust imports stubbornly high in June keeping trade deficit wide

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2004
Australian import growth remained stubbornly high in June, further widening the country\'s trade deficit, economists said on Thursday. The balance on goods and services was a seasonally adjusted deficit of $2.22 billion in June from an upwardly revised ...

Westpac says not changed outlook for yr earnings growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
Westpac Banking Corp said today it has not changed its positive outlook for solid earnings growth for the full year. Chief executive officer David Morgan said that Westpac remains in solid financial shape. \"Despite some signs of increased competitive ...

BankWest appoints Rodger McArthur as managing director

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2004
Western Australian retail bank, BankWest, on Wednesday appointed senior executive Rodger McArthur as managing director, after he spent the past several months as acting MD. McArthur joined the bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Australia (HBOSA) ...

Macquarie Bank announces new funding vehicle for subsidiaries

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2004
Macquarie Bank today announced the formation of a new funding vehicle for Macquarie subsidiaries to be known as Macquarie International Finance Ltd (MIFL). Requirements by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) that limit the level of ...

Challenger in talks to sell UK properties for $762 mln: Report

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
Challenger Financial Services Group is in exclusive talks to sell its British property assets for 295 million pounds ($762 million) in one of Britain\'s biggest commercial property investment deals this year. The Australian newspaper reported that it ...

NAB's former UK target Abbey National faces new takeover

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
United Kingdom bank Abbey National, once a takeover target for the National Australia Bank, could be swallowed up by the world\'s biggest bank Citigroup. British newspapers over the weekend that said that Citigroup is considering an STG8.5 billion bid ...

Gates charity approved for investment in capital market

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2004
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has won government approval to invest in stocks and bonds under a plan that aims to attract foreign money to boost China\'s ailing capital markets, regulators said on Wednesday. The official clearance makes the ...