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Aust banks reap $9 billion from fees

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
... total bank take in fees came from businesses. The study showed mums and dads paid more than $1 billion in fees on savings accounts, including charges for cheques, over-the-counter transactions, ATMs, internet and phone banking. Personal credit cards ...

Lend Lease eyes GPT for merger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2004
... operating as a stapled security. Lend Lease directly owns seven per cent of the trust, but also has units in nominee accounts, as well as joint directors. The trust is one of Lend Lease's most profitable operations, generating strong yields and distribution ...

BAD tax to be scrapped

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2004
State and territory governments today agreed to shoot down the Bank Accounts Debit (BAD) tax more than four years after Treasurer Peter Costello put the tax in his sights. The meeting of federal state and territory treasurers agreed the BAD tax would ...

Babcock & Brown leans toward ASX listing

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
... while Babcock is in negotiations to buy a 45 per cent stake in Freight Australia. The 500-strong Australian operation now accounts for a third of Babcock's global revenue but well over half its capital, the AFR said.

Single economic market for Australia and New Zealand getting closer

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
... have a single accounting standard across the Tasman so businesses that operate in both nations can have a single set of accounts. A proposal is also being considered for mutual recognition and harmonisation in prudential regulation of the two banking ...

Annual economic growth lifts to 4%: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
... of last year, new figures showed today, with annual growth lifting to 4% in the year to December. The latest national accounts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed the economy expanded by 1.4% in the December quarter, despite a continued ...

Bank of Queensland luanches US$250 million FRN

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
... basis points over Libor via UBS and Macquarie Bank. Nomura said 60% of the bonds are said to have been placed into Asian accounts with the remainder of the bonds placed into Europe.

GPT optimistic on office sector recovery

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
... communities - showing signs of growth. Chief executive officer Nic Lyons said the focus for the office portfolio, which accounts for 39 per cent of total assets, would be on managing lease expiry risk. At present, 45% of the portfolio expires in and ...

ASIC grants AFSL exemption to financial counselling agencies

... under the Corporations Act, ASIC notes that counsellors may give advice about other regulated products, such as deposit accounts, personal insurance or superannuation. The ASIC exemption means that financial counselling agencies can continue to offer ...

Super co-contribution draft regulations released to public

... payment destination rules the ATO will use to prioritise the end location for co-contribution payments where multiple accounts exist for a member. "The first installment of draft regulations are expected to be gazetted as early as possible in 2004," ...