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ANZ staff contracts misleading, union says

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2004
About 13,500 ANZ workers were being duped by unenforceable employment contracts, the Finance Sector Union said on Thursday. The contracts state that the ANZ may change an employee\'s position, their duties, location and working hours, given reasonable ...

NAB says cash earnings down on first half

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
National Australian Bank said today its cash earnings before significant items for the six months to 30 September are expected to be 10% to 15% lower than the first half result of $1.85 billion. Chief Executive John Stewart said the outlook reflects ...

US trade deficit shrinks in May

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
The US trade gap unexpectedly shrank in May as exports shot to a record high, snapping a five-month run of bulging shortfalls, the Commerce Department said overnight. The deficit narrowed to a seasonally adjusted $US46 billion ($A63.44 billion) dollars ...

S&P says working to understand changes to LPT indices

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2004
Standard & Poor\'s said on Monday it is working with rated managers to understand how material changes to benchmark indices in the listed property trust (LPT) sector would affect their ability to add value under existing investment mandates. S&P said ...

LPT's generating greater risk; RetireInvest

RetireInvest research manager Margaret Callinan says despite the dream run for listed property trusts (LPT's) during the previous few years, the changing investment profile has meant listed property is now a riskier asset class than was the case 10 ...

Retail spending to soften over course of year - Costello

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2004
Treasurer Peter Costello today predicted that retail spending would soften over the course of the financial year as consumption falls away. Handouts in the Budget, particularly a $600 payment per child for around two million families, is thought to ...

Industry funds winning more corporate mandates: Rainmaker

According to the latest Rainmaker Information data, industry funds have won approximately 38% of corporate fund outsourcing deals this year up from a success rate of 23% just two years ago. While the data highlights master trusts are still ahead of ...

Family allowance boosts Australian retail sales in June

The federal government\'s family allowance benefit helped lift Australian retail sales to an uncharacteristically high level in June, a monthly index has revealed. The Cashcard Retail Activity Index for June, based on data from electronic card transactions ...

Newspaper and internet job ads rise in June: ANZ

The number of Australian job advertisements in both newspapers and on the internet rose in June, although employment growth is expected to slow in the second half of 2004, a new survey has shown. The latest ANZ Job Advertisements series found the number ...

Rush on for Immediate Annuities: Aviva

The $1 billion complying Immediate Annuity market will reduce by 50% post 20 September when the current 100% asset test exemption is reduced by half, Aviva said yesterday. Aviva raised its ranking to third from ninth in the annuities market during May  ...