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Perpetual Trustee Co issues two tranches of floating rate notes

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2004
Perpetual Trustee Company on Thursday said it had priced two tranches of August 2035 floating rate notes for the Integrity Series 2004-1 Trust. It said the Class A notes, worth $389 million with a weighted average life of 2.5 years and an expected AAA ...

Kommunalbanken prices $200 mln three year Kangaroo issue

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2004
Kommunalbanken AS, the single largest lender to Norwegian local governments, has today launched and priced a new $200 million three year Kangaroo bond issue. The issue was sold to investors at 43 basis points over the October 2007 Australian Commonwealth ...

Gates charity approved for investment in capital market

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2004
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has won government approval to invest in stocks and bonds under a plan that aims to attract foreign money to boost China\'s ailing capital markets, regulators said on Wednesday. The official clearance makes the ...

Economic activity growth in H2 to be stronger than H1 - index

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2004
An index forecasting the likely pace of economic activity six to nine months ahead today reported that growth in the second half 2004 should remain below its average pace. The Westpac Bank/Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity was 3% ...

Deutsche Asset Management launch first new income fund

Deutsche Asset Management announced on Monday the launch of its income fund, the first in a series of specialist income funds to be launched by Deutsche Asset Management. The fund is a domestic, open-ended unlisted unit trust that aims to produce consistent ...

Macquarie Securitisation upsizes bond issue to $1 billion

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2004
Macquarie Securitisation has increased its latest PUMA bond issue from $750 million to $1 billion following strong investor demand. Macquarie Securitisation is the manager of the PUMA residential mortgage backed securitisation program. The PUMA Masterfund ...

LFG declares substantial interest in Challenger: report

The executive shakeup at Challenger Financial Services has taken another twist with the Lowy family's private investment vehicle, LFG Holdings, emerging as a substantial shareholder of the group, according to a newspaper report today. The Sydney Morning ...

Super savings boost passes Aust Senate

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2004
Low and middle income earners will be given greater incentives to save for their retirement under legislation passed by the Senate last night. The Superannuation Budget Measures Bill 2004 will enable the government to lift its superannuation co-contribution ...

New super laws pass through parliament

Laws closing existing MP's generous superannuation scheme were passed by parliament but sitting MP's have retained their current superannuation arrangements. The bill was passed through the Senate after Labor chose not to insist on its proposed amendment ...

Labor, coalition combined to defend current MP super benefits

Labor and coalition senators combined to resist the passage of legislation through the Senate yesterday that would have seen superannuation entitlements for MP's wound back levels in line with community standards. A Senate Inquiry was told last month ...