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John Stewart joins NAB board of directors

National Australia Bank (NAB) today announced that John Stewart has been appointed as managing director and chief executive officer for the National Australia Group Europe on August 8. Mr Stewart was previously the deputy chief executive of Barclays ...

House price declines now the major risk to growth: RBA

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) appears to have shifted back to a neutral bias for monetary policy, following the release today of the bank's quarterly Statement on Monetary policy. The two risks that prompted the board to adopt an easing bias in ...

Property investment loans rise again in June: ABS

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today the argument to cut interest rates had weakened over the last three months, as official figures confirmed the property investment boom showed no signs of slowing. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

FirstMac to launch $350 million securitisation issue: Macquarie

Macquarie Bank Ltd announced today that the FirstMac Group is launching a $350 million mortgage backed securitisation issue under its Firstmac Bond Series Trust securitisation programme. Macquarie is the arranger and lead manager for the issue. First ...

Former CBA manager appears in court over $19 million stealing charge

A former manager of a Commonwealth Bank branch in Western Australia appeared in court today on a charge of stealing $19 million from the bank. Kim David Faithfull of Karratha, made a brief appearance in Perth Magistrates Court after being charged by ...

AMP announces AG Holdings settlement

AMP Limited has announced that its subsidiary AG Australia Holdings Limited (formerly GIO Australia Holdings Limited) has reached a settlement in proceedings related to the takeover of GIO in 1999. However, the settlement remains subject to approval ...

ORIX Australia launches $230 million securitisation issue

Macquarie Bank Ltd announced today that ORIX Australia Corporation Ltd is launching a $230 million automobile and equipment backed securitisation issue under its Eden Park Trust programme. Macquarie is the arranger and lead manager for the issue. ORIX ...

Perth man sentenced for insider trading

A Perth company director, Michael John MacDermott, has been sentenced to 18 months jail for each of six counts of insider trading in the shares of Roehampton Resources NL. Additionally the Court imposed a $20,000 fine on the sixth count, which must ...

Opposition launches biting criticism of Government's super policies

The shadow minister for retirement incomes, savings and consumer affairs - Senator Nick Sherry, has said that the gazetted regulations which allow so-called portability in superannuation are phoney and unsafe. In an announcement made today he said that ...

Victorian man pleads not guilty to fraud charges

Ian Thomas Paterson of Croydon, Victoria, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of fraud brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The charges, brought before the Hobart Magistrates Court, follow an investigation by ASIC ...