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NAB dumps share buyback following APRA report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
National Australia Bank is to implement new capital adequacy initiatives and terminate a share buyback after the release of a report by the banking regulator today into a forex trading scandal at NAB. The Australia Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) ...

Profitable businesses invest in people: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
People quality and people performance are the leading drivers of success at medium sized Australian companies, a new business insights survey has shown. According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of 400 companies with turnover of less than $500 million ...

Manufacturing continues to expand in March quarter: survey

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2004
Australian manufacturing activity continued to expand in the March quarter of 2004, despite easing from late 2003, a survey showed. The Australian Industry Group PricewaterhouseCoopers Quarterly Survey of Australian Manufacturing showed the net balance ...

NAB head of foreign exchange resigns

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004
National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB), stung by $360 million in forex trading losses, yesterday said the head of its global foreign exchange division, Peter Cunningham, has resigned. NAB sacked five foreign exchange traders, while three senior executives ...

NAB report reveals critical weaknesses

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
A report released today into the National Australia Bank's (NAB) foreign exchange scandal revealed critical weaknesses in the bank's culture, governance and risk frameworks. Following the release of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) report, NAB announced ...

Inflation and manufacturing slow: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
The rise of the Australian dollar has produced a significant decline in manufacturing activity in February, an industry survey released yesterday showed. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...

APRA raised concerns with NAB before rogue trading scandal

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
The banking watchdog raised concerns about National Australia Bank's (NAB) risk management early last year, more than six months before the rogue trading scandal that cost the bank's two top jobs. NAB suspended four currency traders in January but foreign ...

Shareholders expect NAB chairman to quit other roles

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2004
The Australian Shareholders' Association wants new National Australia Bank (NAB) chairman Graeme Kraehe to quit directorships at two major companies within a week so he can devote more time to the bank. Mr Kraehe said yesterday that he was reviewing ...

New NAB boss has own suspicions about rogue trading scandal

New National Australia Bank Ltd boss John Stewart today said investigations into the bank's foreign exchange trading scandal would likely find "people who were asleep on watch". While Mr Stewart said the truth about the rogue trading scandal would not ...

NAB calls in accountants as forex investigation deepens

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
National Australia Bank has called in outside expert assistance as it expanded a review of a $180 million rogue trading scandal into a full-scale investigation. The bank appointed accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers to assist its inquiries as national ...