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Commonwealth Bank issues $200 million MTN for Dutch bank

The Commonwealth Bank has announced that a $200 million domestic Medium Term Note (MTN) had been issued for Bank NederlandsE Gemeenten NV (BNG). Rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, the MTN is due 15 November 15 2006, and final pricing is expected tomorrow. This is the ...

Morning Market Wrap: Market opens low

In Sydney today, Westpac/Melbourne Institute will release its November consumer confidence survey while the Australian Bureau of Statistics' September quarter wage cost index and lending finance data are due. The Australian stock market dropped by nearly ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar maintains overnight gains

The Australian dollar was stronger at noon and maintained overnight gains in line with strong fundamentals. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7155/60 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7117/22. It reached a high of $US0.7160 and ...

St.George Bank's new benchmarks oversubscribed

St. George Bank has announced that its $400 million offering of fixed and floating rate transferable deposits issue has been oversubscribed and has been increased to $500 million to satisfy strong investor demand. The $200 million fixed rate series ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, bonds close down

The Australian sharemarket closed weaker today as blue chip stocks continued to absorb last week's news of an official rate hike. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index ended down 18.4 points at 3230.1 while the all ordinaries index fell 17.4 points to 3248.1. ...

Investors turn bearish on bonds: FSIU

Investor expectations of fixed interest returns have done a u-turn in the past month, according to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) November market expectations survey, released today. Some 54% of Australian investment professionals ...

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds both ease on stronger US data

The Australian share market opened in negative territory, following a fall in the United States market on Friday night. At early trade the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 9.3 points weaker at 3239.2 while the all ordinaries index fell 7.6 points to ...

RBA says little to be gained by delaying rise in interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today there would have been little to be gained in delaying a rise in interest rates, given the stronger growth prospects both domestically and abroad. The RBA said in its November Statement on Monetary Policy ...

Macquarie receives ATO product ruling for protected lending over managed funds

Macquarie Financial Products Management Ltd has received an Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Product Ruling for the latest offering of its leading edge Macquarie Fusion Funds, providing certainty to investors looking for tax efficiency in their investment. ...

ANZ first bank to change home lending rates

ANZ has been one of the first major banks to respond to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 5 per cent, by increasing interest rates for home and residential investment lending by 0.25% per annum. ...