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NAB CEO signs three year contract

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2004
National Australia Bank John Stewart today signed a three year contract until February 2007 with the option on annual renewal. NAB said the terms include a payment of $2.23 million until October 2005, with a large proportion of remuneration to be linked ...

KPMG Australia separates its corporate recovery team

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2004
KPMG Australia's corporate recovery team is heading out on its own to form an independent insolvency firm. The change will involve nine KPMG partners and about 140 staff with the new company, McGrath Nicol & Partners, to be headed by Tony McGrath as ...

Leading Index points to continued economic slowdown in Australia

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2004
The annualised growth rate of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity was 2.7% in March, below its long-trend of 3.3%. The index indicates the likely pace of economic activity six to nine months in the future. The annualised ...

Aust consumer expectations of inflation ease

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2004
Consumer expectations of inflation in the coming year eased this month after a surprisingly large rise in April, a new survey has shown. However high oil and other commodity prices and the eventual unwinding of the effects of the Australian dollar's ...

Acquisitions the key to outperforming - BCG

Companies that steadily acquire other businesses over the long term outperform those firms that make no acquisitions, a new study has found. Management consultancy The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysed the long-term market performance of 705 United ...

Market Wrap

The pressure of rising oil prices forced US equity markets lower overnight, and will likely be reflected in a weak session locally on the Australian sharemarket on Thursday. In early morning trade on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the spot share price ...

New AMP fund puts small scale investors into China

Small investors in Australia will have the chance to take a gamble on China's boom economy for a minimum of $5,000 when a new unit trust is launched on Monday. AMP Capital Investors' China Fund was conceived to tap into the long-term growth potential ...

Market Wrap

The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory this morning, following a bounce on US equity markets overnight. All three major US stock indices scambled higher by the close of trade after the US Commerce Department released softer-than-expected ...

Bush renominates Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman

President George W Bush renominated Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve overnight, praising his leadership and sending a strong signal of stability to financial markets. The nomination was announced as Greenspan met at the White House ...

Fitch: investment properties more risky than owner-occupied

Fitch Ratings on Monday warned loans for investment properties were more risky in an economic downturn than loans for owner-occupied properties. The ratings agency said loans for investment properties had a higher probability of default in an economic ...