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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2004
The Australian share market is likely to retreat after significant falls on Wall Street and a slump in the gold price. US Stocks fell to one month lows after a number of profit warnings by companies. While gold eased by more than $US5, world oil prices ...

ASIC fee model goes part of the way: Rainmaker

Rainmaker Information head of research Alex Dunnin says the latest fee model introduced by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on Wednesday fails to resolve the outstanding confusion over the disclosure of fees and costs. Dunnin ...

PM Capital announces soft close

PM Capital has today confirmed to clients the soft closure of its PM Capital Absolute Performance (APF) and Australian Opportunities Fund (AOF) effective 30 June. The soft close means PM Capital will no longer accept new accounts from direct retail ...

St George Bank proposes capital raising, chairman to retire

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
St George Bank chairman Frank Conroy said on Monday he will retire from the board at the conclusion of the bank\'s annual meeting in December. \"For the past twenty years or more, I have been in a senior corporate role either as an executive or a public ...

Rothschild releases unique forestry investment project

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2004
Rothschild Australia today announced the release of its forestry investment project, the Australian Forestry Management (AFM) 2004 Tumut Softwood Project. The project combines an investment in a commercial softwood plantation in the Tumut-Tumbarumba ...

News Corp in talks with Liberty ? Now clearer and muddier

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
Are they in talks? Are they not? Apparently they are. A fortnight ago Liberty Media's John Malone told the UK's Financial Times newspaper he was in "fairly active" talks with Rupert Murdoch about buying some of News Corp's media businesses. Mr Malone ...

Challenger says divests non core property assets

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
Diversified financial services company Challenger Financial Services Group Ltd said today it has entered into unconditional contracts for the sale of 11 properties to Cromwell Corporation Ltd for $152 million. Challenger said this is an increase of ...

Acquisitive mood to continue in 2004: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
Australian companies are cashed up for 2004 and set to continue the strong growth in acquisitions activity shown last year. The Ernst & Young Mergers & Acquisitions Index released today showed the index jumped 12% last year - a turnaround after two ...

ASX boss says super should be freed to fund infrastructure

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
The boss of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has called on the government to allow amassed superannuation savings to fund infrastructure projects here and overseas. ASX managing director Richard Humphry told a financial markets conference in Sydney ...

Business conditions recover in February: NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
Australia business conditions partly recovered in February, following a surprisingly large fall in January, according to the National Australia Bank's Monthly Business survey. Still, business conditions are significantly less strong than they were late ...