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Macquarie rolls out new infrastructure trust

The Macquarie Adviser Services on Monday announced the launch of the Macquarie Global Infrastructure Trust II. The trust has been set up to provide retail investors access to global infrastructure investments. Macquarie Adviser Services Division director ...

Superannuation fee disclosure remains unresolved; Rainmaker

While industry superannuation funds rightfully claim to have cheaper fee structures than retail funds, Rainmaker Information says the debate should also include addressing what separates fees from costs. Chant West recently published the results of ...

Competition leaving little room for bank fee hikes, says Westpac

Competitive intensity among banks was leaving little room for lifting bank fees, Westpac Banking Corp chief executive David Morgan said [on Sunday]. Mr Morgan said there were no plans in the pipeline for across the board hikes in fees, although a moratorium ...

Greeenspan says US businesses, consumers able to handle rate rise

US consumers and businesses are financially fit enough to take an interest rate rise, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday. On Tuesday, Greenspan and fellow policymakers indicated the days of rock-bottom rates -- with the federal funds ...

Walter piles on pressure ahead of National Bank shareholder meeting

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2004
Rebel National Australia director Cathy Walter continued to crank up her campaign for the May 21 extraordinary general election by calling on the board to clarify who will chair the meeting. The seven non-executive directors, led by chairman Graeme ...

WA state Budget to be handed down on May 6

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
The West Australian government will hand down its election-year Budget on May 6, with tax cuts widely tipped. Treasurer Eric Ripper today said the government would deliver a financially responsible Budget focused on the needs of West Australian families. ...

AMP pays top nine execs $18 million during 2003

AMP's top nine executives received a combined $18 million in 2003, according to the company's annual report issued yesterday. The news follows the $5.5 billion loss, the second largest in Australian corporate history, posted by the company three weeks ...

Nine top AMP executives pocket combined $18 million pay in 2003

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
AMP's top nine executives pocketed a combined $18 million in 2003, a year in which the wealth management company presented shareholders with a massive net loss of $5.5 billion. According to AMP's annual report, issued today, chief executive Andrew Mohl ...

Household spending pushes economy as business investment slows

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2004
Household spending will keep pushing the economy for the next two years as business investment slows to a crawl, a new survey has found. The Mercer-Melbourne Institute Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends predicted the economy would expand by 3.7% ...

S&P says consolidation in Listed Property sector is slowing

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
Standard & Poor's said yesterday that the consolidation in the Australian property trust sector seen in 2003 appears now to be slowing. It said in its wake, were left larger, more diverse listed property trusts (LPTs) and stapled property groups. Craig ...