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Midday market wrap: Australian shares push higher

The Australian share market was trading close to a 12 month high in the morning session, following strong gains overnight in major international markets. In the US the Dow Jones index pushed to the highest level in 14 months, while in London the FTSE ...

National Exchange, David Tweed in court over OneSteel offer

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has won a court action temporarily preventing National Exchange Limited, and David Tweed, its sole director, from making further unsolicited offers to shareholders in OneSteel Limited, or from ...

Macquarie extends offer period for AMP Industrial Trust ordinary units

Macquarie Goodman Industrial Trust has today announced that it had extended the offer period for all of the ordinary units in AMP Industrial Trust (AIP) to 7:00 p.m. on 29 August 2003. On 15 August 2003, Macquarie Goodman Funds Management's (MGF) voting ...

ASIC bans financial adviser for three years

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced that it had banned Perth-based Darren Horner from acting as a representative of a dealer or an adviser for a period of three years, starting 8 August 2003. ASIC found that Mr ...

Bank of Queensland to buy UFJ Finance Australia

The Bank of Queensland Ltd today announced its intention to buy a $1 billion equipment finance business, saying it would pay $13 million for UFJ Finance Australia. The Brisbane-based bank also said its 2002/03 net profit would fall in the upper end ...

ALP to unveil retirement incomes policy in November

After blocking key aspects of the government's superannuation reform program in the last sitting of Parliament, the Federal Opposition today announced it would release a substantial portion of its own retirement incomes policy later this year. Senator ...

Lend Lease finance director to retire

Lend Lease Corp Ltd said today its finance director, Robert Tsenin, would retire from the board on 31 August 2003. The company said Joanne Curin had been appointed as his successor, and would commence with the company - and join the board as finance ...

Macquarie Securitisation prices $US1.2 billion from PUMA trust

Macquarie Securitisation Ltd today priced $US1.2 billion in US dollar denominated Class A notes to be issued from PUMA Global Trust No 4. The issue was increased from its original size of $US1 billion and represented Macquarie Securitisation's fourth ...

AMS launches $750 million RMBS offer

Australian Mortgage Securities Ltd today launched a $750 million Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) offer, which features a multi-tranche structure designed to cater for widespread investor demand. The ARMS II Fund XIV is the company's 23rd ...

New ACCC chief lashes out at critics

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2003
New competition watchdog Graeme Samuel today hit back at critics who have accused him of being a toothless tiger. Mr Samuel, who was appointed head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) at the start of August following the retirement ...