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Finium shakes up international shares portfolio

Independent master trust provider Finium Financial Services has made a number of changes to its international shares pool within the Finium Super Master Plan, following recommendations by asset consultant Watson Wyatt. Finium said the changes, including ...

St George shareholders win tax exemption

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
St George Bank Ltd shareholders have won exemption from paying tax on a 2001 share buyback, after a court ruling yesterday. St George said it granted "sell back rights" to shareholders in February 2001 in relation to an off-market buyback of its ordinary ...

Newspaper job ads rise 0.3% in March: ANZ

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
The number of Australian newspaper job advertisements in March rose to their highest level since October 2002, an ANZ jobs survey showed. According to the March ANZ job ads survey, the number of newspaper jobs rose by 0.3%, seasonally adjusted, to an ...

ANZ appoints new institutional financial services head

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2004
ANZ Banking Group Ltd has announced the appointment of Steve Targett as group managing director of Institutional Financial Services. In his new role, Mr Targett will be responsible for ANZ\'s institutional financial services segment, reporting directly ...

ANZ on track for market expectations of earnings growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
ANZ Banking Group said it expects to achieve market expectations for cash earnings per share growth of 9% in 2003-2004, continuing the banking sector's return to more specific profit guidance. The statement, issued after a routine monthly board meeting ...

AMP sees 2003 net profit in $600 to $620 million range

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
Financial services and insurance group AMP said today it was expecting its 2003 underlying business results to be considerably higher than that forecast in its explanatory memorandum for its demerger. Net profit after tax, before goodwill amortisation ...

APRA raised concerns with NAB before rogue trading scandal

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
The banking watchdog raised concerns about National Australia Bank's (NAB) risk management early last year, more than six months before the rogue trading scandal that cost the bank's two top jobs. NAB suspended four currency traders in January but foreign ...

Peters MacGregor opens share offer with view to listing

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
Boutique global equities fund manager Peters MacGregor Capital Management (PMCM) today opened a share offer with a view to listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in April. PMCM said it would open up its high-performing investment strategy to ...

NAB trader says bank knew all along

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
The man at the centre of the $180 million rogue trading scandal at the National Australia Bank Ltd has hit back at claims by the bank that his transactions were unauthorised. Reports said foreign exchange options head dealer David Bullen had denied ...

Four NAB currency dealers suspended

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
National Australia Bank has suspended four foreign currency dealers over unauthorised trades that resulted in losses of up to $180 million. The trades, believed to have begun in October last year, were only discovered yesterday, culminating in an emergency ...