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Profitable businesses invest in people: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
People quality and people performance are the leading drivers of success at medium sized Australian companies, a new business insights survey has shown. According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of 400 companies with turnover of less than $500 million ...

Bendigo Bank to pick up $7.6 million pre-tax in Cashcard takeover

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
Bendigo Bank said today it will pick up $7.6 million before tax if the acquisition of Cashcard Australia by US group First Data Corporation goes ahead. Bendigo, which holds a 4% stake in Cashcard, said it will vote in favour of the scheme of arrangement ...

Challenger sells $71 million forestry assets to Great Southern

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2004
Challenger Financial Services Group today announced it had entered into an arrangement with Great Southern Plantations (GSP) for the rights and obligations to acquire approximately 84,000 hectares of forestry assets. Under the terms of the arrangement ...

VFMC to launch infrastructure fund

Implemented consulting giant Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is to launch a new infrastructure fund, which it estimates should reach $600 million of funds under management in the first 12 months. VFMC chief executive officer Stephen Taylor ...

S&P says consolidation in Listed Property sector is slowing

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
Standard & Poor's said yesterday that the consolidation in the Australian property trust sector seen in 2003 appears now to be slowing. It said in its wake, were left larger, more diverse listed property trusts (LPTs) and stapled property groups. Craig ...

Home loan affordability lowest in over eight years

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
Home loan affordability across Australia was at its lowest in more than eight years at the end of 2003, making it even more difficult for first home buyers to enter the property market. During the December quarter of 2003, home loan affordability in ...

Westpac MI Leading Index points to strong growth ahead

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
The Australian economy will likely slow but activity will still remain above the long-term growth trend and as such further interest rate rises this year cannot be ruled out, Westpac said today. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic ...

AMP Income Securities buyback offer opens

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
Financial services and insurance group AMP Ltd said today it has reached agreement with the trustee for the group's Income Securities to amend the terms of the securities. The amendment makes interest payments cumulative and compounding from July 1 ...

Investors given chance to help the environment

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
Millions of shareholders now have the chance to do the environment a favour by receiving company documents electronically. `ETree', an initiative launched today by Computershare and Landcare Australia, has arranged a donation of $2 by participating ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
The Australian dollar gained after a choppy night of trading and looks to be forming a base at around $US0.7255, after falling there late on Friday. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7360/65 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7343/48. ...