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ANZ launches proceedings over NHB insurance recovery

ANZ has issued proceedings in the Victorian Supreme Court regarding ANZ's $130 million insurance claim, consequent upon settlement in January 2002 of its former subsidiary Grindlays Bank's 1992 dispute with India's National Housing Bank (NHB). The proceedings ...

AMP details $1.2 billion rights issue as part of demerger

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
Troubled financial services group AMP Ltd is to undertake a $1.2 billion rights offer to redeem its reset preferred securities as part of its planned demerger. AMP also said it is injecting a further net $84 million into its United Kingdom operations. ...

Macquarie spends $40 million in South Korea

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
Macquarie Bank Ltd has deepened its footprint in South Korea, with another $40 million investment in a vital toll road linking two of the nation's biggest cities. In the second investment for its Korean Road Infrastructure Fund (KRIF), Macquarie said ...

Morning Market Wrap:End of winning streak; dollar sets fresh high

The Australian share market is likely to lose ground today, ending a winning streak that began at the start of October, after falls in international markets overnight. But shares in producers of base metals - nickel in particular - are once again likely ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits six year high

The Australian dollar charged above $US0.6900 overnight to hit its highest level in nearly six years as the United States dollar crumbled across the board. The local unit hit $US0.6920 in New York - its highest level since January of 1998. At 0700 the ...

Macquarie reaps benefit of increased tolls on highways

The latest toll hikes on Sydney's most expensive motorway is paying rich dividends to its owner Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG). The MIG disclosed today that toll-paying traffic on the Eastern Distributor, also called the M1, grew 5.3 per cent ...

RBA satisfied few businesses elected to surcharge credit cards

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2003
A growing number of Australian businesses are imposing a surcharge on credit card users although most are still chosing not to do so, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today. The first reform measures the Reserve Bank's payments system board ...

Equity raisings down but debt issuance up in 2003: Thomson

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
Funds raised through the issue of Australian equities fell during the first nine months of calendar 2003 but lifted in the Australian debt market, according to financial information provider Thomson Financial. Thomson today released its league tables ...

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 ...

ASIC grants AMP 10 new FSR licences

Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has issued AMP with 10 Australian Financial Services Licences under the Financial Services Reform Act, the financial services group has announced. AMP applied for the 10 licences in August and said ...