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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
... last week falling to its lowest since December. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7365-70 compared with Friday's close of 0.7281/86. The Australian share market is likely to move higher at the open after US stocks made healthy gains ...

Zurich boss says insurers hampered by weight of reforms

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2004
... hamper the management of risk, he said at the Insurance Council of Australia's ninth annual New South Wales conference on Friday. He said the Stage Two reforms involving Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) were fine but they "overlap massively" ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2004
... The Australian share market is likely to be lacklustre with little on the domestic calendar to provide any impetus. On Friday, the local market closed at its highest since May 2002, buoyed by momentum from the strong reporting season and the decline ...

CBA and NAB launch 10-year MTN issue for Merrill Lynch

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... of $100 million fixed rate bond, the banks said. Pricing is expected to be at around 1500 AEDT today for settlement on Friday March 12. The MTNs will be marketed at 63 basis points over the 10-year mid swap rate and will be rated A-plus stable by Standard ...

Credit binge continues as RBA considers rate rise

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
Australians are continuing to borrow heavily for homes and run up debts on their credit cards with new figures out on Friday putting pressure on the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates. The Reserve Bank board meets tomorrow, a month after deciding against ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
... the weekend after a choppy session of trading. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7735/40 compared with Friday's close of 0.7703/11. In offshore trading it reached a low of $US0.7665 and a high of $0.7745. The Australian share market ...

AssetInsure granted APRA licence

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
... AssetInsure Pty Ltd was granted a general insurance licence by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on Friday. The company said it would position itself as a specialist insurer and focus on professional indemnity, financial risks, property ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
The Australian dollar has shed more than three cents since its Friday's peaks, as a spree of buying in the United States dollar sent the currency lower. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7697/02 compared with Friday's close of 0.7878/81. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
... United States currency reversed earlier losses. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7890/95 compared with Friday's close of $0.7912/22.Over the weekend it reached a record seven year high of $US0.7948 and a low of 0.7865, having broken ...

Market Wrap

... indicate further rate rises are on the cards. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7664/69 compared with Friday's close of 0.7624/29. Market participants are eagerly awaiting the Statement on Monetary Policy - the first from the central ...