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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 ...

RBA decision to leave rates unchanged no surprise

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... and borrowing for housing but has kept them steady at its past two monthly meetings. No meeting is held in January. St George Bank chief economist Steve Ryan said he had expected the RBA to keep rates on hold in April. "It's an ideal environment in which ...

Employment growth likely returned to solid levels in March

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
... rate to 5.8%, seasonally adjusted. In February, employment gained by just 1,300 and the unemployment rate was 5.9%. St George economist Adam Carr said that while February's jobs growth had been surprisingly weak, this was a volatile series. "We think ...

Regional banks look to business lending, wealth management: KPMG

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
... income. Banks surveyed were Suncorp Metway, Adelaide Bank, Bank of Queensland, Elders Rural Bank and Bendigo Bank and St George Bank, whose inclusion continued to be monitored as it dominated the survey, KPMG said. Overall, the survey showed, consumer ...

Advance and Maple-Brown Asset launch Asian equity fund

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2004
... launched a new Asian equity fund for retail and wholesale investors. Advance, the specialist fund management arm of the St George Group, and wholesale investment group MBA said the Advance Asian Equity Fund was a new opportunity for investors wishing ...

Margin lending for direct share investment rises: St George

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
Margin lending for direct investment in the share market picked up in the December quarter, according to St George Bank head of margin lending, Andrew Black. Black said Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) data showed there had been a move towards borrowing ...

MacarthurCook appoints new head of distribution

... worked at Colonial First State where he was involved in the launch of the FirstChoice platform. He will develop the St George Bank/Ascalon relationship with MacarthurCook, as Ascalon is the group\'s largest shareholder.

St George announces Crusade Trust No. 1 program

St George Bank Ltd today announces the start of a marketing campaign for a proposed global mortgage backed securities issue under the Crusade securitisation program. St George said the issue is to be known as Crusade Global Trust No.1 of 2004. The securities ...

AMP shares surge on speculation of takeover interest

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2004
... target, now that National Australia Bank's (NAB) ambitions of a possible takeover have disappeared. There are rumours that St George or Westpac, or even as a wild card Challenger Bank are having a look at taking it over, he said.

NAB sells AMP, St George shares to offset rogue trading

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
National Australia Bank (NAB) will sell its stakes in AMP, HHG and St George Bank Ltd for a profit of about $450 million, offsetting the $360 million loss from the rogue trading scandal. NAB made the surprise announcement of its massive share sales ...