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Investors win damages case for bad advice

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2004
A group of investors has won a damages action in a Victorian court against a financial advisory service, claiming losses of up to $30 million in investment schemes. In a judgment handed down yesterday in the Victorian Supreme Court, Justice Phillip ...

S&P says nonlife insurance sector will remain strong in 2004

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2004
Strength in Australia's nonlife insurance sector is likely to continue in 2004 despite indications the insurance cycle has peaked recently, a report by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said on Monday. The Australian nonlife insurance sector reported ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2004
The Australian share market is likely to track sideways after a lacklustre session on Wall St overnight, but stronger commodities prices could drive resources stocks higher. In New York, key indices ticked in both directions. The broad Standard & Poor's ...

Market Wrap

On Friday, US blue chips ended slightly higher while the Nasdaq retreated on Friday, as worries about oil prices at 21-year highs and rising interest rates tempered positive earnings and economic data that underscored the economy's strength. Altria ...

AMP says NZ restructuring to improve performance

... restructuring of the 150-year-old firm was designed as part of a recovery programme mapped out after hefty writedowns saw a group loss of $A5.54 billion (NZ$6.25 billion) in the year to December 2003. Sydney-based AMP chief executive Andrew Mohl said ...

AXA appoints new group CFO

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2004
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings today announced the appointment of Deloitte lead consulting partner Geoff Roberts as its new group chief financial officer. AXA group chief executive Les Owen said Roberts has gained specialised experience in a range of areas ...

Lend Lease eyes GPT for merger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2004
Lend Lease Corp is reportedly believed to be considering a merger with its listed General Property Trust to form a group worth about $11 billion. The Sydney Morning Herald reported property analysts as saying Lend Lease was now under increasing pressure ...

Promina expects strong 2004 despite slowing premium growth

Trans-Tasman insurer Promina Group Ltd expects another strong result in 2004 despite slowing premium growth across the insurance industry. Managing director Michael Wilkins said today the company was tracking well after a good first quarter in 2004. ...

ASIC says 22 companies didn't disclose directors options

Twenty-two Australian companies failed to reveal details of the share options they handed out to directors in their latest annual reports, Australia's corporate watchdog ASIC said today. The requirement applied to annual reports filed after June 30 ...

Govt faces Telstra pressure as chairman departs

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
The Federal Government faces renewed pressure over its plans to sell Telstra after the shock resignation of the company's chairman. Bob Mansfield announced his decision well after the stock exchange closed last night, citing a rupture in board trust ...