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The Rock prices $245.5 mln in Super Senior Notes

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
The Rock Building Society has today priced $A245.5 million worth of Super Senior notes. Lead manager SG Australia said the notes of the RBS Trust 2004-1 transaction had been priced at 33 basis points over the one month bank bill swap reference rate ...

Structural change strengthens regional bank credit ratings

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
Structural change in the risk profile of Australia's regional banks since the 1990s has strengthened their credit ratings, a new report has shown. Standard & Poor's (S&P) industry report card on regional banks in Australia found this progressive structural ...

S&P assigns preliminary ratings to Compass RMBS issues

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has assigned its preliminary ratings to two issues of Australian residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) by Compass Master Trust. S&P said each transaction would consist of two classes of floating-rate notes ...

CBA launches sixth global mortgage securitisation

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2004
The Commonwealth Bank has launched its sixth global issuance of A$3.4 billion mortgaged backed securities through Medallion Trust; its Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) programme. The assets comprise fixed and variable rate loans originated from the ...

Babcock & Brown leans toward ASX listing

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
Global investment bank Babcock & Brown is reportedly planning a float of its entire international operation on the Australian Stock Exchange. Babcock director Rob Topfer told media a public float had "firmed as the preferred option for the group", with ...

S&P assigns ratings to Members Equity

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has assigned its BBB-minus long-term and A3 short-term counterparty credit ratings to Members Equity. The outlook is stable. S&P said the ratings reflect Members Equity's sound and developing business profile, its ...

CPA Australia welcomes FSRA allowances

Accounting body CPA Australia has welcomed an announcement from Treasurer Peter Costello that accountants will be allowed to provide some advice to clients on self-managed superannuation under the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA). Costello said ...

American wheat growers slam FTA

American wheat growers have criticised a free trade agreement with Australia for failing to tackle export monopolies. The US Wheat Associates said the deal, signed this week, had failed to bring down the export monopoly enjoyed by AWB Ltd. AWB, through ...

St George announces Crusade Trust No. 1 program

St George Bank Ltd today announces the start of a marketing campaign for a proposed global mortgage backed securities issue under the Crusade securitisation program. St George said the issue is to be known as Crusade Global Trust No.1 of 2004. The securities ...

AMP unwraps WealthView in time for Christmas

AMP has launched its WealthView eWRAP for AMP Financial Planning, the last of four eWRAP accounts developed as a result of an agreement between AMP and ASGARD, the financial services giant has announced. AMP's suite of four eWRAPs now comprise WealthView ...