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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2004
The recent run of positive days on the stockmarket could be set to come to an end as mixed commodity prices and weaker offshore markets are expected to weigh on the local bourse. However, the Australian market has made record intraday highs over the ...

NAB appoints Michael Chaney to board

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
National Australia Bank said today that former Wesfarmers chief executive Michael Chaney would join the board as a non-executive director effective December 2004 and will assume the chairmanship in September 2005. Graham Kraehe will continue as national\'s ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
The Australian market is likely to extend the recent record closes with further gains today as strong commodity prices and US markets help to underpin growing investor confidence. On Friday both key indices hit record closes and made new intraday highs ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2004
The Australian market could be open to a bot of profit taking today as broadly unchanged US markets offer little direction for the local bourse. The US indices were slightly weaker across the board overnight and this, coupled with record closing highs ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2004
The Australian market will struggle for direction, although it should open slightly higher, as US markets were broadly unchanged overnight. In the US the Dow Jones was fractionally weaker but the other two indices made slight gains as economic data ...

D&B Survey predicts a modest start to new financial year

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
Business expectations for sales and capital investment intentions have slumped to their lowest levels in two and a half years, according to a new survey out today. The latest Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) National Business Expectations Survey has found all ...

Macquarie Financial Services backs new growth pensions

Macquarie Financial Services Group has issued its strong support for government moves to introduce legislative amendments to the new market-linked complying pension. "The legislation also makes it clear that, for pensions or annuities purchased on or ...

NAB prices $670 mil 10-year subordinated debt issue

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2004
National Australia Bank on Tuesday priced a $670 million Lower Tier 2 fixed and floating rate subordinated debt issue maturing on June 2, 2014. The 10-year non-call five-year issue comprises two tranches. A $450 million tranche of 6.50 per cent coupon ...

Iluka Resources says CFO resigns, Grant appointed acting CFO

Mineral sands company Iluka Resources said Mark Hughes has resigned as chief financial officer (CFO). David Grant, 39, has been appointed to the position of Acting CFO. The company said Mr Hughes has accepted a position as the executive chairman of ...

Housing finance may have finally risen in March: economists

Housing finance in Australia may have risen in March for the first time in six months, according to some economists, while others expect the nation's overheated property market to have continued to cool. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will ...