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Macquarie Bank says H2 significantly up on prior H2

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
... balance date Macquarie bank acquired two seed assets for the proposed Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund (MEIF), the US water utility South East Water for $948 million and Sweden's Arlanda Express airport rail link for $76 million. The bank said ...

ASIC made record enforcements in 2003-4: report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2003
Australia's corporate regulator achieved a record 29 jail terms for white collar criminals in 2002-03, including stockbroker Rene Rivkin, its annual report reveals. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), said it achieved record ...

Morning Market Wrap: Caution ahead of data releases

The Australian share market is likely to post cautious gains, after an upbeat lead from Wall St at the weekend. A swag of local economic data due out today should also give some direction to investors. National retail sales figures for September, and ...

Government's latest super bills face criticism from opposition

Following what has been one of the most significant passages of superannuation legislation in recent times, the Government's announcement of a cut in superannuation surcharge for high-income earners and co-contribution to low-income earners has led ...

Nikkei rises in afternoon trade, while domestic bonds close weaker

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2003
Japanese share prices rose 1.15 percent today, led by domestic demand linked companies, dealers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei-225 index gained 118.42 points to close at 10,454.12. However, the Australian bond market closed weaker today after ...

LPTs contribute significantly to bond supply: Citigroup

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2003
Listed Property Trusts (LPT) have produced a significant proportion of corporate bond supply this year with merger and acquisition activity in the sector lifting the issuance. Citigroup head of credit research Brad Scott said while banks had led total ...

Distributor sees continued growth in non-advisory services

Non-advisory online platform services will be underpinned by rapid growth in do-it-yourself (D-I-Y) super, according to Michael Lannon, managing director of 20/20 Funds Direct Invest. The claims follow the recent departure of National Australia Bank's ...

Macquarie to purchase Swedish rail link

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2003
... infrastructure in Europe's OECD countries. The A-Train will be the fund's second seed asset after Macquarie's purchase of UK water utility South East Water plc for $948 million on October 2, 2003. Mr Ward said the impact of the A-Train purchase on Macquarie's ...

Kiwi industry profits up 42 per cent

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2003
... agriculture, forestry and fishing ($4.0 billion, up 24 percent); retail trade ($2.3 billion, up 49 percent); electricity, gas and water supply ($2.1 billion, up 20 percent); and construction ($1.9 billion, up 19 percent). Industries excluded were residential ...

Record September trading at Commsec

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2003
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's internet broking arm Commsec has reported a record trading month in September, but doesn't put this down to the recent acquisition of a key rival. "If you combined the level of trading that the two organisations had ...