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Accountants call for $3 billion a year tax cuts

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004
... earners and needed a $3 billion a year shake up, new research has found. Accounting body CPA Australia called for the five tier tax system to be condensed into three income brackets. The new model would scrap the $6,000 tax-free threshold and the top ...

Bank of Queensland to raise $90 million through share issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
... a Series 1 Reset Preference Share (S1RPS) placement. The capital is being raised to maintain the bank's total capital and Tier 1 targets.

JP Morgan to merge with Bank One

... company will have assets of $US1.1 trillion ($A1.42 trillion), a strong capital base, 2,300 branches in 17 states and top-tier positions in retail banking and lending, credit cards, investment banking, asset management, private banking, treasury and ...

Macquarie Bank to purchase US energy assets for $182 million

... stated that the impact on Macquarie's capital position will not be significant and there is not expected to be any material Tier 1 capital deduction.

APRA proposes tougher requirements for general insurers

Existing prudential standards covering general insurers will be increased, and disclosure obligations toughened, under new proposals released today by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The new measures, included in a discussion ...

Corporate governance practices have worsened in past year: survey

Australia's corporate governance practices have come in for further criticism, this time from two academics. And their research has also led to claims a two-tiered society of corporate governance is emerging in Australia. In a survey commissioned by ...

ANZ poised to buy Lloyds NZ unit

... its French wealth management business to UBS AG in May. ANZ, Australia's third largest bank, will use proceeds of a recent tier one fund raising and cash from the $1.3 billion sale of Grindlays to Standard Chartered Plc in 2000 to finance the purchase ...

Australian SRI efforts rewarded by UN

... reporting. Presented in two tiers, PSS/CSS and BT are one of only three recipients worldwide to be given a prestigious first tier award.

St George Bank announces $580 million US subordinated notes issue

... expected to mature on 15 October 2015. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has said the notes will qualify as Tier 2 capital for St George Bank. Standard and Poor's are expected to give an A- rating to the notes, whilst Moody's has ...

NAB and St George access offshore credit markets

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... shape, partly due to limited issuer supply. St George Bank Ltd launched a $US400 million 5.3 per cent 12-year 144A lower tier 2 subordinated debt transaction at a re-offer spread of 110 basis points over the August 2013 US Treasury note via Goldman Sachs ...