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S&P lowers Lend Lease rating to BBB

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
International ratings agency Standard & Poor's said today that it lowered the long-term corporate credit rating on Lend Lease Corp Ltd to BBB from A-minus. S&P also removed the rating from creditwatch with negative implications, where it was placed ...

Advisors in Australia must hold license: ASIC

A Supreme Court order today requires those operating financial services business from Australia must hold an Australian Financial Services (AFS) License, even if their services are provided to clients outside of Australia. The order comes after an ASIC ...

Government confident of garnering Democrats support for unfair dismissals bill

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2003
The Commonwealth Government said that it was confident of winning the Democrats' support for its proposed changes to unfair dismissal laws, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott said today. "I can assure you the government will reintroduce the bill ...

Interstar prices $500 million MBS issue

Macquarie Bank Ltd announced today that Interstar Securities (Australia) Pty Ltd has priced its $500 million Interstar Millennium Series 2003-4 Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) issue. Macquarie is arranger and lead manager for the issue, while National ...

Westfield sells its stake ($212 million worth) in new New York World Trade Centr

Westfield America has today confirmed reports that it had commenced discussions and signed a non-binding letter of intent with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for the port to purchase the company's interest in the World Trade Centre retail ...

ASIC details licensing exemptions for foreign service providers

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released guidelines expalining its approach to licensing exemptions for foreign providers of wholesale financial products. Under Policy Statement 176, according to Malcolm Rodgers, ASIC's ...

Wattle administrators sentenced

Rodney James Mackay and John Andrew Allen, directors of the Brisbane-based Mackay & Allen Pty Ltd, were sentenced today in the Brisbane District Court on 15 charges of being knowingly concerned in the promotion of prescribed interests, in contravention ...

Two Wattle administrators given suspended sentence

Wattle scheme administrators Anne and Robert Corbett were today sentenced in the Brisbane District Court in relation to 48 charges of being knowingly concerned in the promotion of prescribed interests, in contravention of the Corporations Act. Mrs Corbett ...

Interstar launches MBS issue

Interstar Securities (Australia) Pty Ltd has launched the ninth AUD issue under its Interstar Millennium Trust Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) programme, Macquarie Bank Ltd announced today. Macquarie is arranger and lead manager for the issue, while ...

ASFA hails new co-contribution super arrangements

Retirement savings for lower income earners could be boosted by as much as 70 per cent, if they take advantage of the new co-contribution arrangements announced by the Government today, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...