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Aust banks reap $9 billion from fees

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
Australian families are paying around $400 a year each in bank fees, a new study has shown. The Reserve Bank study showed banks reaped $8.7 billion from skyrocketing credit card fees and other charges. Bank fees paid by households rose 15% last year ...

Challenger looks to sell down foreign property portfolio

The Kerry Packer-backed Challenger Financial Services Group is considering the sale of some of its properties in the United Kingdom and Texas. Among the assets on the block are two London properties - Senator House and Minister Court - and two properties ...

Ratings Blow to AMP Capital Investors

Ratings agency Assirt Research has placed 10 separate AMP Capital Investor's funds "on hold" following the departure of three key personal from the group's Australian equities team. Management at AMP Capital Investor's also indicated to Assirt that ...

ANZ receives RBNZ agreement for amalgamation

ANZ announced on Wednesday it had received written advice from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand confirming its forthcoming consent for legal amalgamation of ANZ New Zealand and The National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ). The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's ...

ANZ receives RBNZ agreement for amalgamation of NBNZ

ANZ Bank today announced it had received written advice from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand confirming its forthcoming consent for legal amalgamation of ANZ New Zealand and The National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ). The Reserve Bank of New Zealands formal ...

TXU to sell Australian energy operations, pipeline unit for $3.41 billion

TXU Corp. has agreed to sell a gas pipeline unit and its Australian energy operations for US$2.5 billion ($3.41 billion) in a bid to slash debt and return to its roots as a Texas power company, it said on Monday. The move, which sent TXU shares up 13 ...

NAB chief executive rules out UK and Irish sell-off

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
New National Australia Bank chief executive John Stewart has reportedly scuttled renewed speculation the group was thinking of selling its United Kingdom and Irish operations. In an interview with a UK-based newspaper, Stewart said he had no plans to ...

US March job growth at four-year high, stuns market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
US employment rose last month at the fastest pace in nearly four years as hiring jumped in a wide array of industries, the government said on Friday in a surprisingly strong report that stunned financial markets. The report, which showed the labor market ...

DEWR skilled vacancies fall 0.2% in March

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
Vacancies for skilled workers slipped 0.2% in March but remained 5.4% higher than the same time last year, official figures showed today. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) said its skilled vacancies index fell to 111 in March ...

Building approvals slide again in January: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
Building approvals slid for the third month in a row in January, new figures showed today, confirming last year's interest rate rises have taken some steam out of the housing market. But separate Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures showed ...