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S&P says Leighton profit downgrade within ratings guide

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2004
Standard & Poor's said today that Leighton Holdings results for the nine months to March 31, 2004, were disappointing, but can be accommodated within the BBB-plus corporate credit rating. Leighton reported a profit after tax of $77 million (unaudited) ...

Commonwealth Bank appoints new head of institutional banking

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia today said it had appointed Ian Saines to head up institutional banking and institutional and business services. Mr Saines\'s appointment to the position of executive general manager of the bank\'s institutional division ...

Westfield locks in $140 million worth of interest savings

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2004
Westfield Holdings Ltd today announced it had completed option contracts which would underpin the $140 million in interest savings it expects to gain under a merger of the three Westfield entities. The company last week announced that Westfield Holdings ...

ANZ posts record $1.4 billion first half profit

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2004
ANZ Banking Group Ltd today posted a record first half net profit of $1.396 billion and said the integration of the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ) was on track. The result for the six months to March 31, 2004 was a 22 per cent increase over the ...

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 ...

WTO warns time running out

At a Geneva meeting of the WTO's 146 member states, including Australia, director-general Supachai Panitchpakdi welcomed a new willingness between delegates to discuss thorny topics such as farming but warned that time was running out. Last month, countries ...

NAB shares dive on earnings warning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2004
Shares in National Australia Bank dived more than 2.5% when it warned its first half cash earnings would fall by as much as 5%. The bank, embroiled in a boardroom battle after a forex trading scandal cost it $360 million, said cash earnings after significant ...

IPOs rebound in first quarter

Initial public offerings (IPOs) rebounded in the first three months of this year from a dearth a year earlier, putting them on course to challenge the record number for the 12 months to June 30 set during the dotcom boom of 1999-2000, a survey this ...

Structural change strengthens regional bank credit ratings

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
Structural change in the risk profile of Australia's regional banks since the 1990s has strengthened their credit ratings, a new report has shown. Standard & Poor's (S&P) industry report card on regional banks in Australia found this progressive structural ...

Mariner launches Mortgage Trust

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Bill Ireland's Mariner Financial today launched Mariner Mortgage Trust, which it expected to become a "cornerstone" of its suite of managed funds and retirement income products. Available to both retail and wholesale investors, Mariner said the trust ...