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New EFTPOS puts bank in spotlight: First Data

First Data International has launched an integrated EFTPOS system that will likely prove popular to consumers and raise the standard for the kind of EFTPOS facilities that should be available in banks. The new system has a so-called 'Dynamic Currency ...

HOSTPLUS grows 33 per cent

HOSTPLUS, the hospitality and tourism industry superannuation fund has recorded a 33 per cent growth in FUM, taking it from $3 billion to $4 billion for year ending August 2005. The growth has come from increasing employee members, more voluntary member ...

Hostplus gets an APRA licence

Hostplus is the latest industry fund to receive a registrable superannuation entities (RSE) licence granted yesterday from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Hostplus chief executive officer David Elia says that its 630,000 members ...

MFS launches new fund in property trusts and firms ties with Babcock & Brown

MFS Investment Management (MFSIM) has launched Optimiser One, a unit trust investing in both listed and unlisted property trusts. The fund will be fixed for a five-year term and offers a guaranteed first year return of 9.6 per cent for the first year. ...

AIF increases its stake in airports

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2005
Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIF) today expanded its presence in Queensland with a stake in two more airports. AIF says it will spend $24 million for an effective 49.1 per cent interest in Townsville and Mt Isa airports. The announcement follows ...

Economy withstands impact of tsunami

The devastating tsunami that struck South Asia just over a fortnight ago will have minimal economic impact on the region, according to AMP Capital Investors chief economist and head of investment strategy Dr Shane Oliver, as the cornerstone industries ...

Passenger traffic boost for Melbourne Airport

The northern winter airline schedule covering the period between November 2004 and March 2005 has given Melbourne Airport a 23 per cent increase in international aircraft seats compared to the same time last year. The rise in capacity translates to ...

ANZ joint venture with Cambodian telco

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2004
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd today announced it had signed an agreement with Royal Group to establish a joint venture bank in Cambodia. The agreement follows an approach earlier this year by Royal Group, Cambodia's leading mobile telecommunications ...

China committed to strong measures to contain growth, Premier Wen says

... nuclear crisis could be resolved, and that Hong Kong people would one day elect their own leaders. Wen, on the eve of a 10-day tour that includes stops in Germany, Belgium, Italy, Ireland and Britain, also said he hoped to build on a partnership with ...

PBL announces takeover offer for Burswood Casino

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) last night made a takeover move on Burswood Ltd, seven months after becoming the largest stakeholder in the operator of Perth's casino and hotel complex. PBL subsidiary PBL (WA), currently holds 15.6 ...