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Fitch downgrades Telstra credit rating

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
Fitch Ratings today downgraded Telstra's long-term credit rating to A-plus from AA-minus, becoming the third ratings agency this week to drop Telstra a notch. Fitch said its outlook for Telstra has been revised to stable from negative. "The revised ...

Mariner launches Mortgage Trust

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Bill Ireland's Mariner Financial today launched Mariner Mortgage Trust, which it expected to become a "cornerstone" of its suite of managed funds and retirement income products. Available to both retail and wholesale investors, Mariner said the trust ...

Baby boomers to be urged to rethink early retirement

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Baby boomers will be urged to rethink their retirement plans in a major speech by Treasurer Peter Costello today, which will form a cornerstone of the coalition's re-election strategy. Costello is expected to push later retirement and measures to encourage ...

RBA rate hikes not over despite steady call: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
Today's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia to hold interest rates steady this month was widely expected but doesn't mean a rate hike isn't around the corner, economists warned. The RBA today kept its key interest rate steady at 5.25% after its ...

Full steam ahead for growing BOQ

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
Bank of Queensland Ltd continues to steam ahead as Australia's fastest growing bank, reporting its highest sales ever last week despite interest rate hikes and a property market slow-down. Speaking after the bank's annual general meeting in Brisbane ...

Macquarie research shows housing remains affordable

Despite escalating housing prices - exacerbated by the two recent interest rate increases by the Reserve Bank - research by Macquarie Mortgages and Macquarie Property has shown that housing is still within reach for many Australians. "The fact is that ...

ING property trust transforms itself into 3rd largest on NZE

ING Property Trust has transformed itself into the third largest property trust on the New Zealand stock exchange by formalising a deal to buy $282.7 million worth of land and buildings. Trust unit-holders yesterday approved the purchase of 71 properties ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares closed mixed

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
The slide in the Australian share market closed mixed today, supported by stronger banking stocks, as the Australian dollar slipped back. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed one point higher at 3175.4, but the all ordinaries index gave up three points ...

Better times coming for exports: Vaile

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2003
The September balance of trade figures were disappointing but there were signs Australia's export faced better times in the coming year, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said today. The trade gap with the rest of the world widened in September as a rebound ...

IWIF unitholders to be asked to vote for trust closure

International Wine Investment Fund (IWIF) unitholders will again be asked to vote for the wind-up of the trust at a meeting next month, just eight weeks after rejecting the resolution at their last general meeting. Berren Asset Management, which manages ...