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Banks face volatility with shift to global accounting standards

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2004
Australia\'s transition to international accounting standards could generate volatility in the profits and equity reserves of the banks, a banking conference heard on Tuesday. On 1 July businesses began the shift to standards derived from the International ...

Business expectations continue to accelerate, NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2004
The business sector is optimistic about the future because of the fundamental strength of the Australian economy in August, according to a new survey. The National Australia Bank\'s August Business Survey today reported that the re-acceleration of economic ...

Public sector super giants drop member crediting rates

In a radical departure from industry practice, the two leading superannuation schemes covering Commonwealth public servants have announced they will no longer declare annual crediting rates to fund members. The Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS) ...

Fund performance turns down in July

SelectingSuper, a Rainmaker Information company, has released its superannuation fund performance tables to 31 July 2004 this week highlighting the median annual return declined by more than 2% from the June performance results. SelectingSuper said ...

AFS licensees pass ASIC's spot check

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on Monday released its findings on a program of 353 randomly conducted verification visits on Australian financial services (AFS) licensees. Conducted between December 2002 and July 2004, the ...

AMP China fund tops $55m

AMP Capital Investors on Monday announced it had raised $55 million in subscriptions through 3000 new investors in the AMP Capital China Fund. "The China Fund marks the first step in AMP Capital's strategy to develop specialist retail funds," AMP Capital ...

Babcock & Brown announces board

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2004
Investment bank Babcock & Brown has finalised its board ahead of a planned listing on the Australian Stock Exchange. The board will initially comprise three Australian-based non-executive directors and four executive directors. Two more non-executive ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2004
The Australian stock market is likely to aim for new highs today following the lead of overseas markets which finished in an upward surge overnight. The trend-setting US markets staged a late rally to close at their highest levels in a month. On the ...

VAN global hedge fund index slips -0.9% net in July

The Van Global Hedge Fund Index lost -0.9% net of fees in July according to hedge fund consultant Van Hedge Fund Advisors International. The index's July return represents the average net performance of over 800 hedge funds employing a variety of investment ...

ING winds back exit fees

ING on Monday announced it will reduce the period before funds can be withdrawn from its Mortgage Trust without exit fees to one year from the current two years for all new accounts beginning 20 September. The Mortgage Trust paid an effective annualised ...