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Oil prices fall as crude stocks rise

Oil prices plunged today as news of a rise in US crude oil stockpiles calmed market fears of a supply crunch during the northern hemisphere winter. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, slumped to a low of 53.00 dollars ...

McFarlane at ANZ until 2007

ANZ has extended chief executive officer John McFarlane's employment term by one year with the new contract now set to expire on 30 September 2007. The main elements of Mr McFarlane's new contract include a fixed annual remuneration level of $2 million ...

MacarthurCook Mortgage Fund reaches $360 million

The MacarthurCook Mortgage Fund (MacarthurCook) has achieved a level of $360 million on the back of strong sales results including $15 million of inflows in August and a further $18 million of inflows in September, consolidating the fund's accomplishment ...

Aussie shares get protected with Perpetual

Perpetual Investments has launched a capital protected fund that is fully invested in Australian shares. The six year close-end fund which opened on the 25 October will invest in 12 to15 ASX listed shares and is capital protected through a tailored ...

October 2004 Market Expectations: Survey

The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) released the results of its Market Expectations Survey for October 2004. The monthly survey summarises investment professionals' expectations of capital markets investment returns over the next 6 to 12 ...

ASIC appoints acting WA Regional Commissioner

The chairman of the Australian Securities Commission has appointed Mr Angus Dale-Jones to the role of Acting Regional Commissioner for Western Australia (WA). This follows the appointment of Mr Michael Gething as Principal Registrar of the District ...

Challenger mortgage business launches record bond issue in Aust

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2004
Challenger Financial Services Group today said its wholly-owned wholesale mortgage finance business Interstar Securities had successfully launched the largest issue of net interest margin bonds ever offered publicly in the Australian market. The $180 ...

Adele Lloyd to take over as Adelaide Bank chair in 2005

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2004
Adelaide Bank will appoint South Australian businesswoman Adele Lloyd as its new chair when current chairman Dick McKay retires in October 2005. Lloyd initially joined the board in 1997 but resigned in January 2000 because of business commitments in ...

Macquarie Office completes takeover of Principal America Office

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
Macquarie Office Trust (MOF) today announced its $850 million friendly takeover of Principal America Office Trust was virtually complete, with Macquarie to compulsorily acquire the remaining units it needs. Macquarie Office Management (MOML), the responsible ...

Ethical Investment Association's event goes climate neutral

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
In keeping with its investment mandate, the Ethical Investment Association's (EIA) has announced it will be hosting a two-day event which it claims is Australia's first environmentally friendly conference. According to the EIA, hosting events result ...