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Maccquarie Airports peaks on Sydney Airport earnings jump

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
Sydney Airport has reported a dramatic rise in quarterly earnings, propelling shares in part owner Macquarie Airports (MAp) to their highest intraday levels in 16 months. Southern Cross, the Macquarie-led consortium which owns Sydney Airport, reported ...

ASX releases proposed listing rule changes

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2003
The Australian Stock Exchange Ltd today released its exposure draft of proposed listing rule changes. The ASX said the proposed changes were designed to deliver greater flexibility to companies wishing to raise capital at the same time as protecting ...

Perpetual profits up

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2003
Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd said today that profit for the first quarter is ahead of the same period last year. Chairman Charles Curran said this reflects increased fund inflows as markets continued to improve, and cost management. "I am pleased ...

Midday Market Wrap: Resources pull back

The Australian share market remained weaker at noon, following a lacklustre session on Wall Street overnight. Resources stocks have pulled back from yesterday's gains while some banking stocks have gained ground in the overall weaker market. At 1200 ...

Industry fund takes strong stand on corporate governance

Unisuper has instructed its investment managers to vote on any corporate governance resolutions of Australian companies in which it invests, under a new set of guidelines adopted by the fund. As part of Unisuper's corporate governance policy, the fund ...

AMP releases demerger plan

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2003
Troubled financial services group AMP Ltd yesterday forecast higher profits as it received the all clear to release a hefty document outlining its demerger plan. In the 629-page explanatory memorandum, AMP predicted its Australian operations will lift ...

Policy reflation likely for the US

In the third quarter of 2003, the negative gap between the Fed's funds rate and nominal GDP growth was likely the widest since the late 1970s thus leading to a greater stance of policy reflation in the US. Harvinder Kalirai, senior strategist at State ...

ASIC moves to restrain Aloe project financiers

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of Queensland to restrain Export Growth Finance Pty Ltd (EGF) from pursuing demands issued to investors who invested in the Australian Aloe Ltd ...

Midday Market Wrap: US dollar rebound flattens dollar

The Australian dollar has fallen half a US cent to noon, weighed down by a continued rebound in the US dollar. At 1200 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6874/79 compared with yesterday's close of 0.6920/23. The currency was on the back ...

Far from ancient Mariner sails into port

Emerging financial services group Mariner Financial Ltd (MFI) celebrated its launch this week, also announcing the appointment of a core management team to develop the organisation's presence in Australia's growing property and annuities markets. Former ...