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Transfield, Colonial set up new property joint venture

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2003
Transfield Services Ltd and Colonial First State Property today revealed they had set up a joint venture to provide integrated end-to-end property and facilities management services. Five D Pty Ltd will provide the services to retail, commercial and ...

Macquarie Funds research reveals dynamic hedging outperformance

Dynamic currency hedging strategies have outperformed static currency hedging strategies since the float of the Australian dollar 19 years ago, according to research released today by Macquarie Funds Management. Macquarie Funds Management Division Director ...

ABN Amro $1 billion MTN issue may be first of many

ABN Amro Bank's oversubscribed $1 billion medium term kangaroo bond issue is likely to be followed up with a further issue in the first half of 2004. The five-year Medium Term Note (MTN) issue - the largest kangaroo deal of the year and the largest ...

Higher budget surplus has little economic implications: HSBC economist

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
A better than expected budget surplus was not necessarily an indication that the economy was performing stronger than expected, according to economists. Australia's 2002/03 Budget produced a final surplus of $7.5 billion, compared to the $3.9 billion ...

Midday market wrap: Banks keep ASX above water

AAP. COMMONWEALTH SECURITIES  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
Positive trading in the banking sector kept the Australian stock market above water at noon, following a nervous start and losses on Wall Street overnight. By 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 6.2 points to 3179.0, while the all ordinaries ...

S&P lowers Lend Lease rating to BBB

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
International ratings agency Standard & Poor's said today that it lowered the long-term corporate credit rating on Lend Lease Corp Ltd to BBB from A-minus. S&P also removed the rating from creditwatch with negative implications, where it was placed ...

ANZ still has some hurdles to jump in NBNZ aquisition

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
The New Zealand regulator may have cleared the way for ANZ Banking Group Ltd to acquire the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ) but there are still a few hurdles left for the Australian bank to jump. ANZ is the only bank ready to buy NBNZ from Lloyds ...

S&P reduces Carter Holt rating to A-3

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2003
Standard & Poor's has reduced New Zealand's second largest listed company's short-term credit and commercial paper rating from A-2 to A-3. S&P said it had reduced wood processor Carter Holt Harvey's rating as a result of a review of the company's 50.46 ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares offer mixed performances

The Australian share market finished lower today in the wake of a fall in the US market overnight but offered few discernable trends. Performances were mixed among the big four banks, while among other key stocks Telstra made a slight gain and BHP Billiton ...

Property market starting to ease: REIA

The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has said today that the booming property market might be starting to ease, although figures showed prices continued to rise through the June quarter. "Whilst there are some signs that the heat in the market ...