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Govt faces Telstra pressure as chairman departs

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
The Federal Government faces renewed pressure over its plans to sell Telstra after the shock resignation of the company's chairman. Bob Mansfield announced his decision well after the stock exchange closed last night, citing a rupture in board trust ...

Mariner launches Mortgage Trust

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Bill Ireland's Mariner Financial today launched Mariner Mortgage Trust, which it expected to become a "cornerstone" of its suite of managed funds and retirement income products. Available to both retail and wholesale investors, Mariner said the trust ...

Outlook for non-residential construction remains strong: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
The short-term outlook for the non-residential construction sector remains strong, with major work for 2004 expected to increase by 11%, a new report has found. According to Citigroup research on the sector, work done on major projects is expected to ...

S&P assigns preliminary ratings to Compass RMBS issues

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has assigned its preliminary ratings to two issues of Australian residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) by Compass Master Trust. S&P said each transaction would consist of two classes of floating-rate notes ...

Wizard boss tips investment property supporting mortgage sector

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
Baby boomers are increasingly hitching their retirement to investment property rather than superannuation which will support the home loan industry in years to come, Wizard Home Loans executive chairman Mark Bouris said yesterday. Mr Bouris, speaking ...

Six Aussies make Forbes Richest List

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2004
Australia has six billionaires on the annual Forbes rich list - that is if you still consider US citizen Rupert Murdoch an Aussie. The Australian-born media mogul, who took out US citizenship to expand his empire there, is 43rd on the list headed for ...

Analysts rush to upgrade AMP forecasts after guidance rise

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
AMP's $100 million upgrade to its earnings guidance caught the share market on the hop yesterday, leading to a flock of estimate revisions by investment analysts. Citigroup Smith Barney raised its forecast for AMP's core earnings by $93 million to $614 ...

House prices expected to grow for at least three years

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
Homeowners need not fear a sudden burst of the housing bubble, with prices in Australia's capital cities expected to keep rising for the next three years, an economic forecaster predicted today. Rob Mellor, BIS Shrapnel's director of building services ...

Residential auction clearance rate down sharply in December

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2004
Australia's property market is showing signs of easing, after auction clearance rates fell sharply in December with prices also taking a tumble. According to Macquarie Research, most cities recorded auction clearance rates below 50% in December. Citing ...

S&P and CITICS team up to build new index series for Chinese market

Standard & Poor's (S&P) and CITIC Securities (CITICS), one of China's leading financial and investment services companies, have announced they have agreed to jointly develop a new series of indices covering China's A-shares equity market. The companies ...