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Corporate governance practices have worsened in past year: survey

... Australia. In a survey commissioned by accounting group Howarth, the University of Newcastle Business School's Jim Psaros and Michael Seamer said independence levels of boards and corporate committees had deteriorated in the past year. "This suggests ...

RBA decision takes economists by surprise

... certainly did not expect a rate rise on Tuesday although the body language pointed in that direction." ICAP senior economist Michael Thomas said that the RBA rate rise and the corresponding statement showed that the central bank was worried about credit ...

RBA likely to keep interest rates on hold till early 2004: ICAP

Michael Thomas, senior economist at ICAP, has said that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will keep interest rates on a holding pattern till early 2004 and are unlikely to be concerned by inflationary pressures, saying that they are well within control. ...

Victorian securities dealer banned:ASIC

... dealer or an investment adviser, following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Michael Kwong of Malvern East, Victoria, was an authorised representative of Smith Barney Citigroup Australia Pty Ltd (Smith-Barney) ...

Nikkei rises in afternoon trade, while domestic bonds close weaker

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2003
... slipped back a notch today, following on from a softer performance in offshore markets on Friday night. FW Holst & Co dealer Michael Heffernan said it had been a lacklustre day of trading on the local bourse, with only a handful of major stocks ending ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar gets handle over 70 US cents

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2003
... high of $US0.7037 yesterday before falling sharply back to 0.6965 in London trade. Commonwealth Bank senior economist Michael Workman said the Australian dollar had rebounded surprisingly well. "I thought it would be like when it was at $US0.6850 when ...

ABS announces a 0.6% increase in the September quarter's CPI

... and cheaper overseas travel and also the fact that modern computers and DVDs constantly have prices that spiral lower." Michael Thomas, senior economist at ICAP, has said that the CPI figures in general were as expected with ICAP's market expectations ...

Sealcorp chief quits

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2003
... in the Australian funds management industry. Last month Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd lost chief financial officer Michael Stefanovski, four months after its chief executive Graham Bradley resigned. Earlier this year, Commonwealth Bank of Australia's ...

Distributor sees continued growth in non-advisory services

... Non-advisory online platform services will be underpinned by rapid growth in do-it-yourself (D-I-Y) super, according to Michael Lannon, managing director of 20/20 Funds Direct Invest. The claims follow the recent departure of National Australia Bank's ...

Maccquarie Airports peaks on Sydney Airport earnings jump

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
... the height of uncertainty (then) and with traffic numbers starting to pick up a bit (now)," said FW Holst & Co adviser Michael Heffernan. The stock has been steadily recovering from well below $1 as recently as April, when concerns about the Iraq war ...