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Australian consumers on spending spree: survey

Australian consumers have spent $17 billion according to the Cashcard Retail Activity Index for September. The cashcard retail activity index grew by 0.5 per cent during September following growth of 0.6 per cent in July and August. The seasonally adjusted ...

APRA grants first superannuation licence to REST

APRA granted REST Superannuation its new registrable superannuation entity (RSE) license. The license was granted under APRA's new superannuation licensing regime for superannuation trustees. "I am very pleased that the REST Trustee is the first RSE ...

Small cap managers outperform: van Eyk

Small cap fund managers continue to outperform benchmark returns index but this may not be sustained, according to a report by van Eyk Research. "All the managers reviewed with long enough track records have outperformed the small cap index in the three ...

Adele Lloyd to take over as Adelaide Bank chair in 2005

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2004
Adelaide Bank will appoint South Australian businesswoman Adele Lloyd as its new chair when current chairman Dick McKay retires in October 2005. Lloyd initially joined the board in 1997 but resigned in January 2000 because of business commitments in ...

Macquarie prices $750 million PUMA Masterfund Series B issue

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
Macquarie Securitisation today announced that the $750 million PUMA Masterfund P-10 Series B bond issue was priced yesterday. Macquarie Securitisation is the manager of the PUMA residential mortgage backed securitisation programme. The Class A senior ...

Aust trade deficit narrows in August to $1.93 billion - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
Australia's trade gap with the rest of the world narrowed sharply in August after a five per cent drop in imports, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the monthly trade deficit fell to $1.93 billion last month after a ...

New challenges keep coming, says ASIC chairman

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
The head of Australia's corporate regulator on Tuesday said his organisation was facing challenges in overseeing companies as they battle to meet their new reporting obligations. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Jeff ...

ANZ stays quiet on Wizard bid speculation

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2004
The ANZ Banking Group remained tightlipped on Thursday about rumours that it is poised to bid for mortgage originator Wizard Home Loans Group. ANZ, Australia's third biggest bank, would not confirm or deny that it was considering a bid for Wizard. "We ...

Choice a good place to start: MLC

The introduction of choice of fund will be a major encouragement for Australians to take a greater interest in their superannuation, MLC said on Tuesday. But the country's largest wealth manager also said it thought the new regime which takes effect ...

APRA appoint Byres executive general manager - DID

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on Friday announced the appointment of Wayne Byres to the role of executive general manager - Diversified Institutions Division (DID). Byres replaces Tom Karp, who was appointed executive general ...