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In Sydney today, Australian stocks could gain ground after blue chips on Wall St posted modest gains overnight. However, continued weakness in the price of oil and precious metals could lead to further pressure on resources stocks, which have fallen ...

NAB to change external auditor

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
National Australia Bank said late yesterday it intends to change its external auditor at the end of the current financial year. Audit committee chairman John Thorn said the bank is ending its long association with KPMG, which came under fire from the ...

Government rejects certain superannuation changes

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
The government today rejected a Senate push for it to provide 100% financial assistance when superannuation schemes are plundered due to fraud or theft. The amendment was part of Senate changes to the Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill, which was ...

Pengana seeks $100 million capital raising ahead of ASX listing

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
Malcolm Turnbull's Pengana Capital is planning to raise up to $100 million for a new hedge fund investment vehicle ahead of a subsequent listing on the stock market. The company will sell up to 100 million shares in Pengana Managers and an accompanying ...

Walter demands new NAB chair ahead of general meeting

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2004
Embattled National Australia Bank (NAB) director Catherine Walter has conditionally agreed to quit, with the replacement of Graeme Kraehe as chairman among her list of demands. Walter late yesterday said she was lodging notices with the NAB company ...

Farmers should get more tax breaks: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
Landholders and farmers need more tax incentives to invest in plans to save the natural environment, a new report has found. The report argues farmers should be able to claim 120% of the cost of landcare activities, while the merger of properties should ...

Home loan affordability lowest in over eight years

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
Home loan affordability across Australia was at its lowest in more than eight years at the end of 2003, making it even more difficult for first home buyers to enter the property market. During the December quarter of 2003, home loan affordability in ...

Labor says we were wrong on super blooper

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
Federal Labor was yesterday forced to admit to an embarrassing bungle in its latest pensions promise and confessed it had no plans to pay retirees an extra $25-a-week. The opposition owned up to the mistake after Treasurer Peter Costello seized on Opposition ...

Court rules against Henry Kaye company

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
The Federal Court has granted an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to wind up a company controlled by rogue property investor Henry Kaye. Justice Ron Merkel ruled that the Kaye company Property Corporate Services ...

Commonwealth Bank launches eight RMBS issue

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched its eighth residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) issue into the domestic and global markets in a deal with a mix of three currencies and a total value of $3.5 billion. The transaction consists ...