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RBA may crack the whip on rates today

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
The Reserve Bank board may use Melbourne Cup day to crack the whip on interest rates. The central bank board meets today, with new figures suggesting a consumer-led retail spending spree is continuing, putting pressure on the bank to lift rates. New ...

AMP shares up on hopes of reinsurance sale

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
Shares in AMP Ltd rose by more than one per cent in early trade today amid reports that it could be close to selling its global reinsurance business for $600 million. AMP's shares were eight cents or 1.21 per cent higher at $6.70 by 1057 AEST. Analysts ...

Macquarie provides solution for FSR compliance

Macquarie Bank has provided a solution for financial advisory businesses that require a $20,000 Performance Bond in order to apply for a new Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) for compliance with the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA). The ...

New name, head for Mellon's Australian businesses

The Mellon Financial Corporation has announced its Australian businesses will be brought together under the name of Mellon Human Resources & Investor Solutions, in line with similar changes elsewhere throughout the global group. The new Australian brand ...

S&P issues new Australian fund ratings

Research group Standard & Poor's has released ratings of a further 11 funds, managing Australian and global equities and Australian listed property. The ratings are the second of the group's Australian Fund Management Ratings, following the launch in ...

Colonial First State receives financial services licence

Large Australian fund managers have begun to receive their new Australian Financial Services Licences (AFSL), with Colonial First State Investments Limited among the first recipients. "It is a credit to our enthusiastic and committed staff that we have ...

Departing residents increasingly accessing their superannuation: Senator Coonan

Senator Helen Coonan, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Revenue, has said more that 13,000 temporary residents per week are seeking the prompt return of superannuation deducted from Australian wages are flocking to the new Australian Tax Office (ATO) ...

McFarlane elected new Australian Bankers' Association chairman

The Council of the Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) has elected ANZ chief executive John McFarlane as its new chairman. McFarlane succeeds Commonwealth Bank chief executive David Murray, who has successfully completed his two-year term as ABA chairman. ...

Perpetual launches two new Australian equity wholesale funds

Perpetual Investments has launched two new wholesale Australian equity funds that will allow it to employ short-selling and borrowing strategies, it announced today. Perpetual said the Wholesale SHARE-PLUS expands on the investment approach for Perpetual's ...