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Inflation may slide below RBA target

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
Underlying inflation fell in October and is in danger of sliding below the bottom of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target of between two and three per cent, an inflation gauge showed today. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute experimental ...

ANZ job ads up 1.4%

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
Australian newspaper job advertisements rose for the sixth consecutive month in October, the longest stretch of gains in four years, a survey found. ANZ job ads rose 1.4 per cent, continuing the upward trend since May and indicating further employment ...

Morning Market Wrap: Caution ahead of data releases

The Australian share market is likely to post cautious gains, after an upbeat lead from Wall St at the weekend. A swag of local economic data due out today should also give some direction to investors. National retail sales figures for September, and ...

Westpac appoints New Zealand director

Westpac Banking Corporation chairman Leon Davis has announced the appointment of Peter Wilson to the company's board of directors. Mr Davis welcomed Mr Wilson's appointment, saying his background in financial services in New Zealand and experience as ...

Macquarie Debts Markets prices $539 million RMBS issue

Macquarie Debt Markets has announced it has priced the $539 million Series REDS 2003-2 RMBS issue that was launched on 21 October 2003. The Bank of Queensland is the originator and servicer of the underlying mortgage portfolio, while Macquarie is the ...

Cicutto reappointed as NAB chief

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2003
National Australia Bank Ltd has reappointed chief executive Frank Cicutto for another three years, continuing recent moves by the nation's other big banks to hold onto current leadership. Mr Cicutto will stay on until October 2006 with his annual base ...

ANZ poised to buy Lloyds NZ unit

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group is poised to announce a deal to buy Lloyds TSB Group Plc's New Zealand banking operations for around 2.34 billion pounds ($3.96 billion), a source close to the situation said on Thursday. ANZ is hoping to announce ...

Macquarie Securitisation passes $20 billion insurance milestone

Macquarie Securitisation announced today that its PUMA Masterfund P-9 Series A domestic bond issue - launched on October 15 - has been priced, lifting total funds raised through the program to $20 billion. "This issue, our fourth for the year, takes ...

Macquarie Securitisation launches $650 million domestic bond issue

Macquarie Securitisation, the wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd, has launched a $650 million bond issue in Australia, its second A$ denominated issue for 2003. The issue, PUMA Masterfund P-9 Series A, is expected to price on or about 22 ...

APEC launches five-day Investment Mart

The five-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Investment Mart has kicked-off today in Bangkok, Thailand, ahead of the 21-nation group's leaders meeting slated for October 18-21. The Investment Mart was established in 1989 and is in response ...