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APRA appoint Byres executive general manager - DID

... years with the Reserve Bank of Australia, mostly in its bank supervision area and including a secondment to the Bank of England. Byres will commence in his new role effective from today.

St George says Thame to become chairman by end of year

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2004
... in May he will be retiring on 17 December, 2004. St George also said that it has invited both Terry Davis and Richard England to join the board. England will join the Board in September 2004 and Davis in December 2004. The vacancies have arisen as a ...

Speculation NAB could sell Irish banks after board meeting

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
... said there is a chance the board may decide to sell the Irish banks while retaining the Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks in England. \"The Irish banks could be better suited to someone who has a big presence in Northern Ireland and my feeling is they might ...

UK Chancellor backs Bank of England ahead of interest rate decision

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said on Wednesday that he supported the Bank of England in the difficult choices it had to make in its upcoming interest rate decisions. "(Prime Minister) Tony Blair and I will put stability first, now and ...

Bank of England raises key interest rate to 4%

The Bank of England said yesterday it would increase Britain's benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4%. The rate hike is the bank's second in three months, and it comes amid concerns that a strengthening in the economy might stoke inflation. ...

NAB's economic report cites RBA's leaning towards neutral interest rates

... pace of 20.7% in October, from 16.2% in September. This is a new record for the series. In the UK meanwhile, the Bank of England minutes show that eight out of nine members voted for the recent 25 basis point increase, with one voting for no change. ...

Investors turn bearish on bonds: FSIU

... lift the official cash rate 25 basis points last Wednesday was followed the next day by a similar move from the Bank of England. "It is now only a matter of time before other major central banks follow," said FSIU senior investment strategist, Benjamin ...

Dollar looks set for more solid gains

... have been cuts of 125 bps in the Eurozone, cuts of 75bps in the US, cuts of 25bps in the UK (accounting for the Bank of England hike last night), hikes of 50 bps in Canada and hikes of 25 bps in New Zealand. "It is a dangerous game to get bullish on ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar and bonds stronger

... dollar," Mr Maguire said. Interest rate differentials were back in focus after overnight speculation that the Bank of England would move to a tightening cycle. That pushed the sterling to multi-year highs against the United States dollar and other high-yield ...

Macquarie Bank buys into UK water firm for $948m

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2003
... Only Companies in Britain and supplies 400 million litres of water a day to about 1.5 million people in the south east of England. Macquarie bought SEW from the Bouygues Group subsidiary SAUR UK Ltd and is funding the deal using a combination of debt ...