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Challenger rallies as Lowy investment emerges

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2004
Shares in Challenger Financial Services Group surged yesterday after another high profile business figure emerged as a major stakeholder. LFG Holdings, a private investment vehicle run by the family of Westfield chairman Frank Lowy, bought a 5.78% stake ...

ASIC to release paper on dollar disclosure rules

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2004
The investment watchdog will soon release a paper outlining its approach to new fee disclosure regulations, introduced by the government. The "dollar disclosure" regulations, unveiled last Thursday, mean financial licensees and product issuers must ...

MIG in arbitration on Canadian toll road spat

Macquarie Infrastructure Group is to pursue a private resolution to its long-running dispute in Canada with the Ontario government over a toll increase on its 407ETR toll road. The dispute has gathered steam since October, when the government of Canada's ...

Shareholders, super funds welcome Walter's decision to exit NAB board

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
Shareholders and superannuation funds today welcomed an announcement that dissident National Australia Bank director Cathy Walter would resign. Walter has been at war with seven other non-executive directors on the bank's board after she questioned ...

$1 billion public service wage bill blow-out

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2004
Spending on the commonwealth public service has blown out by more than $1 billion under the Howard government, it was claimed today. Newspaper reports claimed the total annual wage bill for the sector was almost $1 billion higher now that it was when ...

Japan's industrial output rises slightly in March, stronger growth ahead

Japan's industrial output rose only marginally in March but should power ahead in the coming months on the back of the nation's solid economic recovery, economists said yesterday. The trade ministry said March industrial production rose 0.1% after adjustment ...

TXU to sell Australian energy operations, pipeline unit for $3.41 billion

TXU Corp. has agreed to sell a gas pipeline unit and its Australian energy operations for US$2.5 billion ($3.41 billion) in a bid to slash debt and return to its roots as a Texas power company, it said on Monday. The move, which sent TXU shares up 13 ...

European's believe inflation is higher than reality, ECB's Trinchet says

Europeans' perception of inflation is greater than the reality, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said Monday in New York. "Perceived inflation is higher then real inflation," said Trichet, who was in the United States for weekend ...

Safer superannuation savings: Coonan

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
Australians' superannuation savings became a little safer yesterday when the Senate passed laws to safeguard the retirement nest eggs. The bill modernises and strengthens protection of superannuation savings from theft or fraud and is designed to make ...

Ruddock plays down call for tougher tax police

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
Attorney-General Philip Ruddock has played down calls for the tax office to have stronger policing and intelligence powers to track down serial tax cheats. Newspaper reports said a report recommended the Australian Tax Office (ATO) employ former federal ...