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RBA satisfied few businesses elected to surcharge credit cards

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2003
A growing number of Australian businesses are imposing a surcharge on credit card users although most are still chosing not to do so, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today. The first reform measures the Reserve Bank's payments system board ...

Macquarie Bank buys into UK water firm for $948m

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2003
Macquarie Bank Ltd today said it had acquired British water utility South East Water plc (SEW) and its affiliated businesses for about $948 million. SEW is the second largest of the 12 Water Only Companies in Britain and supplies 400 million litres ...

Senator Campbell denounces FSR licence scare tactics

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Senator Ian Campbell has accused some lawyers and consultants of using scare tactics and charging companies exorbitant fees to complete financial services licence applications ahead of next year's March 11 deadline. ...

ABS releases data on household use of information technology

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data on household use of information technology which reveals that 61 per cent of households had access to a computer at home (up from 44% in 1998), and 46% of households had some Internet access (up ...

Sealcorp announces new moves to strengthen distribution

In yet another instance of a major wealth management group moving to strengthen distribution capabilities, Sealcorp Holdings, part of the St. George group, has announced the merger of its Pact and Securitor dealer groups. And, in an additional effort ...

FSIU launches unique ratings product

The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) today launched a new series of investment performance review (IPR) ratings for 480 Australian wholesale managed funds, including superannuation funds, institutional investors and platform products. The ...

Two committed to stand trial on Bo Long charges

Donna Tung Sing Ho and Mark Andrew Sweeney have appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court, and been committed to stand trial on charges laid by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Ms Ho has been charged with six counts of dishonestly ...

Former Bridges manager sentenced to jail

Robert Thomas Lister, formerly a Back Office Manager for Bridges Financial Services Pty Ltd, was today sentenced to two and a half years jail, to be released after serving six months. Mr Lister was sentenced in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court ...

Morningstar launches style box to enliven salient features of funds

Morningstar today announced that it had launched an innovative style box for Australian share managed funds as a graphical tool showing a fund's true investment style and market capitalisation. "Style Box brings a whole new dimension to fund analysis ...

ACA statement draws fire from AFA

A statement about life insurance made by Catherine Woltuizen, chief policy officer of the Australian Consumers Association, has drawn fierce criticism from financial advisers. "I am stunned that Catherine Woltuizen should claim that young families with ...