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Perpetual axes 25 jobs in divisional shake-up

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
Perpetual Trustees Australia has axed 25 jobs in a divisional shake-up designed to improve efficiency and enhance career opportunities. \"They are mainly in the back-office areas, in the administration (and) client services areas,\" a spokeswoman said ...

ASIC begins investigation into NAB options trading

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2004
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has started an investigation into rogue trading at the National Australia Bank. ASIC said it will investigate whether there have been any contraventions of the Corporations Act at NAB's foreign ...

Macquarie Direct Property closes syndicate with sale of assets

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2004
Macquarie Direct Property Management has closed one of its syndicates through the sale of its assets. It said the VC Direct Investment Trust's two assets, the Harvey Norman Centre at Campbelltown and the Bunnings Warehouse at Villawood, both in Sydney ...

HGL to meet forecast profits

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2004
Diversified investment group HGL Ltd said profit after tax and minorities between $5 and $5.5 million would likely be achieved this fiscal year. But chairman Peter Miller told shareholders at the annual general meeting today that this forecast did not ...

Diverging expectations between investment professionals: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2004
Financial advisers remain markedly more upbeat on predicted returns from Australian equities in 2004 than do their fund manager counterparts, a new report has found. The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit Market Expectation Survey for January 2004 ...

New horizon for MLC debt strategy

Fund manager MLC aims to protect its conservative investors against the risks of rising bond yields with the introduction of a tailored diversified bond strategy. The new strategy involves tailoring the average maturity and duration profiles of the ...

SelectingSuper releases 2003-04 benchmark fee survey

There is no clear relationship between overall super fund investment returns and total fees, the 2003-04 super fund benchmark fee survey, conducted by SelectingSuper, has found. However the survey did reveal a 1.5 per cent average in super fees across ...

Macquarie Bank cuts commitment to MEAP fund

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2003
Macquarie Bank Ltd today said it was cutting its investment in its Canadian infrastructure fund, as the fund secured another $C100 million from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Macquarie Bank said it reduced its commitment to Macquarie Essential ...

FPA chief speaks out on restructure

Recently appointed chief executive of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Kerrie Kelly has put to rest speculation surrounding the dramatic restructure of the industry body, as reported in the Financial Standard yesterday. "The actual number of ...

Suncorp welcomes credit ratings upgrade from S&P

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
Queensland-based bank Suncorp Metway Ltd today welcomed an upgrade to its credit ratings as proof it had built a solid platform for the future. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced it had revised Suncorp's long-term rating to A from A-minus ...