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Mercantile Mutual Insurance gets lowered ratings from S&P

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2004
Standard & Poor's has lowered its ratings on Mercantile Mutual Insurance (Australia). The ratings agency said it lowered its insurer financial strength and counterparty ratings on MMIA to A-plus from AA-minus and removed the ratings from CreditWatch ...

S&P says the exit of News Corp from ASX 200 index to be smooth

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2004
The removal of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp from the Australian stock market indices would be made as smooth as possible, the head of Standard & Poor's' index committee said on Sunday. David Blitzer's assurance came after local investors last Thursday ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2004
The Australian market could make a move back into positive territory today as US markets responded to inflation data released there by pushing higher across the board. The rise in stocks came after a muted rise in inflation data suggested the US Federal ...

Property market could be on the rebound, figures show

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2004
Six months after the last rise in interest rates, buying a home is back in favour. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute gauge of whether now is a good time to buy a house surged by nearly 30% in the June quarter. This was despite an overall 1.1% fall in ...

Challenger to explore the sale of US property assets

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2004
Diversified financial services company Challenger Financial Services Group on Friday said it would explore the sale of its two remaining US property assets. The Invesco Funds Corporate Campus in Denver, Colorado, and 50 Milk Street in Boston, Massachusetts ...

New laws to extend eligibility for govt super co-payments

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2004
More low income earners will be eligible to receive superannuation co-contribution payments from the government under new laws introduced to parliament today. The legislation is part of a package of government reforms designed to provided extra incentives ...

Aust banks reap $9 billion from fees

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2004
Australian families are paying around $400 a year each in bank fees, a new study has shown. The Reserve Bank study showed banks reaped $8.7 billion from skyrocketing credit card fees and other charges. Bank fees paid by households rose 15% last year ...

Business urged to take advantage of Aust-Thai FTA

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2004
Australian businesses that moved quickly to take advantage of the free trade agreement with Thailand would be the most successful, Austrade said today. The agreement, the first Thailand has negotiated with a developed country, was expected to be signed ...

Market Wrap

The pressure of rising oil prices forced US equity markets lower overnight, and will likely be reflected in a weak session locally on the Australian sharemarket on Thursday. In early morning trade on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the spot share price ...

Plan for trans-Tasman mutual recognition of securities

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2004
The Australian and New Zealand financial systems will take another step closer under a plan for trans-Tasman mutual recognition of securities. NZ Commerce Minister Margaret Wilson and parliamentary secretary to the treasurer Ross Cameron today released ...