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Junior mortgage broker asks ACCC to look at anti-comp behaviour

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
A junior mortgage broker on Friday called on the competition watchdog to investigate its claims of anti-competitive behaviour among banks and mortgage brokers. Refund Home Loans founder Wayne Ormond, whose company gives part of its commission back to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
The Australian sharemarket should struggle to make gains after falls in the blue chip stocks on Wall Street on Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average and the broader S&P 500 Index both lost ground in light trading. A report showed US consumers slowed ...

ING launches $500mln transferable deposit

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
... basis points over the five-year mid swap rate/three-month BBSW mid benchmark. Pricing is expected today and settlement is Friday May 28 2004. The TDs will be rated AA-minus stable by Standard & Poor's. ANZ Investment Bank and UBS AG are co-managers.

Zurich sells Singapore insurance business to QBE

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
The Swiss insurance group Zurich Financial Services said on Friday that it had agreed to sell its Singapore subsidiary to Australia's QBE Insurance. The price of the sale of 100% of Zurich Insurance Singapore's share capital is being kept confidential ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
... and precious metals prices at the weekend should also propel resource stocks, which ended last week on a softer note. On Friday, banks helped lift the Australian share market to a higher close, as jitters about the middle east and soaring oil prices ...

NAB to undertake debt raising

National Australia Bank confirmed on Friday it will conduct a series of subordinated debt raisings as part of its annual debt raising program. NAB said it is carrying out the debt raisings in order to meet the new capital requirements set by the corporate ...

Market Wrap

On Friday, US blue chips ended slightly higher while the Nasdaq retreated on Friday, as worries about oil prices at 21-year highs and rising interest rates tempered positive earnings and economic data that underscored the economy's strength. Altria ...

WRAP: Overnight debt and forex

The US Treasury market ended mixed [overnight], after a major rout on Friday prompted by unexpectedly strong April employment data. The short end of the yield curve clawed back only a small part of the 0.25% rises in yield on Friday, but the long end ...

Aust dollar tumbles more than one US cent over weekend

... rate hike as early as June. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7015/21, compared with 0.7173/78 at Friday's close. After reaching a high of $US0.7218 in offshore trading on Friday, the local currency fell to a six month low of $US0.7017 ...

Banking chiefs extra vigilant after NAB scandal

... sure you're not likely to fall into any of the similar situations." Their comments come after NAB director Cathy Walter on Friday officially resigned from the board after a six-week battle with the other non-executive directors. AAP