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S&P assigns A-minus long-term rating to ANZ StEPS issue

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has assigned its A-minus long-term rating to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd's (ANZ) announced A$750 million stapled exchangeable preferred securities (StEPS) issue. The issue has the ability to accept ...

S&P rates Westpac preferred security issue, CFS Gandel Retail Trust

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2003
International ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) said today that it has assigned its A-minus long-term rating to the $US750 million trust preferred security issued by Westpac Banking Corp. Although a number of trusts exist within the securities ...

Morgan to become new head of Business Council

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2003
Former WMC Ltd chief executive Hugh Morgan has reportedly been asked to become the next president of the Business Council of Australia (BCA). Mr Morgan, who was highly vocal in his role at WMC, said that he had promised not to use the role to embark ...

Bendigo Bank reports 20% rise in net profit

Bendigo Bank Ltd today said it expects further improvements from all major activities this year after reporting a 20 per cent rise in net profit for 2002/03. The bank posted net profit of $59.004 million for the year ending 30 June 2003, up from $48.8 ...

BT expands Wrap Essentials

BT Financial Group (BT) has announced it is adding a further 12 funds to its Wrap Essentials menu. The new funds have been drawn from BT's existing Wrap platform, and will bring to 35 the total number of funds available to investors. Some 28 are managed ...

AMP announces impacts of changes to its listed property trust

AMP Limited has announced today the various impacts of potential changes to its listed property trust (LPT) business that is managed by AMP Henderson Global Investors. "AMP Henderson is managing an exit from the LPT sector at a time of significant market ...

ASIC releases fee disclosure model to mixed support from industry groups

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released its much-awaited fee disclosure template, but which has gained only qualified support from major industry groups. Under the new model providers of investment products will be ...

Finsuper reports 2% return on Moderate Growth option

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2003
Finsuper, the industry fund for the financial services and insurance sector, today reported a 2 per cent return on its Moderate Growth investment option for 2002/03. This is compared to the average wholesale balance manager in the Mercer Survey of Pool ...

Macquarie launches new retail funding product

Macquarie Bank has launched a new self-funding instalment warrant product it believes will appeal to both individual investors and the growing number of self-managed superannuation funds. Macquarie said its new product is approximately 50 per cent geared ...

BankWest posts $82.8 million 6-month profit

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2003
Bank of Western Australia Ltd said today the banking industry continues to face a challenging environment ahead, despite posting a 4.7 per cent increase in interim profit. BankWest reported a net profit of $82.8 million for the six months to 30 June ...