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Seven says foreign ownership level above allowed level

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2004
Seven Network on Wednesday warned investors its foreign ownership levels had breached Australia's strict limits and it might have to order the sale of some foreign holdings in its shares. "Seven wishes to place all brokers and foreign investors on notice ...

MLC opens access to non-MLC licensees

MLC on Wednesday announced a new program of support services that would provide independently owned and licensed advice businesses access to MLC services. "The MLC Alliances program provides independently owned and licensed businesses with licensee ...

S&P says Tower ratings not immediately affected by spinoff news

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2004
Standard & Poor\'s Ratings Services said on Tuesday that the ratings on Tower and its main operating subsidiaries, including Tower Australia, are not immediately affected by Tower\'s announcement of its proposed separate listing for its Australian wealth ...

Tower says proposing spinning off Aust wealth management bus

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2004
Tower said on Monday it is proposing spinning off its wealth management business in Australia following a strategic review of its business portfolio. It was proposing spinning off the business through a separate listing of the business on the ASX, with ...

Home loans group calls on government to support reverse mortgage

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2004
The federal government should consider helping Australian retirees with inadequate superannuation by supporting reverse mortgages, a specialist home loans group said today. Bluestone Equity Release, a subsidiary of non-conforming lender Bluestone Group ...

IAG expects above 12% insurance margins ahead

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2004
... Rising world equity markets sent the return on shareholder funds to a record $434 million in the period. In 2002/03 IAG, owner of NRMA Insurance, CGU and NZI, recorded a loss of $120 million on its investment portfolio. The group\'s insurance margin ...

Perpetual and CBA talking Symetry sale

Perpetual Trustees announced on Thursday it is in discussions with the Commonwealth Bank regarding the sale of platform operator Symetry. The funds manager said a number of alternatives in relation to the purchase by Commonwealth Bank are currently ...

Boutique's attracting the top talent; van Eyk

Personnel, not just performance is driving the trend towards boutique fund managers, Steven van Eyk says. In a research paper released on Tuesday, van Eyk said there were a number a reasons that explain the rising dominance of small boutique fund managers ...

Housing finance slows in June led by investor market: economists

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2004
... view that the property market was continuing to cool, economists said on Monday. Australian housing finance commitments for owner occupied housing fell 3.3% in June, seasonally adjusted, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said. Total housing finance ...

Perpetual buys into Adelaide to Darwin railway

... 5.6% equity stake in the Asia Pacific Transport Joint Venture (APTJV), the company announced on Thursday. The APTJV is the owner and freight rail operator of the 3000 kilometre rail line connecting Adelaide and Darwin. Perpetual's head of infrastructure ...