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ANZ and ING revise their JV exit arrangements

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2004
ANZ Banking Group and its wealth management partner ING have revised their exit arrangements from the joint venture (JV) which will allow the business to remain intact if one should leave. The exit arrangements established at the time of the JV in May ...

Westpac moves 2004 AGM to New Zealand

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2004
Westpac Banking Corp is moving its annual general meeting offshore this year - to Auckland, New Zealand. It is the first time Westpac, Australia\'s oldest bank, has held its AGM in New Zealand where it has NZ Class 30,000 shareholders. The bank said ...

Super performance results a lesson for investors and advisers alike; Rainmaker

Investors aligned with master trusts should either make use of their flexibility or put their money elsewhere. That\'s the central message to emerge from Rainmaker Information's survey of superannuation fund performances, the most comprehensive compiled ...

Jobless rate rises to 5.7% in July - ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
Australia\'s unemployment rate has gone up for the second month in a row, hitting 5.7% in July, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the jobless rate rose from 5.6% in June after a 21,600 jump in jobs, allowing for ...

Economists clash over rates and $A

Some of the country's leading economists butted heads in the early hours yesterday morning with disagreement ranging from the value of the Australian dollar, to the next direction in interest rates. Speaking at a Standard & Poor's sponsored "Breakfast ...

Risk management climbs up corporate agenda: survey

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2004
Risk management has climbed up the corporate agenda but financial institutions are still not focusing on the big picture of this issue, according to a new global survey. The PricewaterhouseCoopers survey, written in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2004
The Australian stockmarket is expected to open relatively flat in early trade, given little direction by offshore markets. Usually, the Australian bourse continues momentum from either base metal markets in Europe or the US equity markets, but with ...

IAG reveals new internal structure

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
Insurance Australia Group today announced a new structure for its Australian insurance operations that is more closely aligned to its core products personal insurance and commercial classes. Australian Personal Insurance includes home, motor, niche ...

CBA lures top-end cardholders with free flights

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is trying to lure more people to its top-end credit card by offering free business and first class flights. Australia\'s second biggest bank said travellers booking business or first class flights using their platinum ...

Aust unemployment rate 5.6% in June - ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
Australia\'s jobless rate has retreated from 23-year lows, rising to 5.6% in June, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the jobless rate edged up 0.1 percentage points from the 5.5% recorded in May. The increase in ...