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National to buy Commonwealth Custodial Services

The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has signed an agreement with the National Australia Bank (NAB) in which the NAB will acquire custody contracts of Commonwealth Custodial Services Limited (CCSL), subject to the approval of clients, it has announced. CCSL ...

Super returns clawing their way back to break-even: Mercer

Investors in balanced superannuation funds could avoid a second consecutive year of negative returns if June proves to be another fruitful month for domestic and international shares, according to Mercer's latest Pooled Fund Survey. Mercer said that ...

Costello warns of drought-led economic slowdown

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has warned of a slowdown in the Australian economy, despite the strength of the domestic market against international economic woes. "Notwithstanding the difficult international economy, the Australian economy continues ...

GDP grows 2.9% for 2002-2003 and 0.7% in the March quarter: ABS

The Australian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 2.9 per cent from March 2002 to March 2003, while the change from the December 2002 to the March 2003 quarter was 0.7%, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The non-farm GDP rose 0.8% ...

Interest rates and strength of Australian dollar to rise: NAB

The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cash rate is expected to remain unchanged at 4.75 per cent till the March quarter of 2004 and may rise to 5% in June 2004 and onwards to 5.25% in September 2004, according to National Australia Bank (NAB) predictions. ...

Challenger to close New Zealand retail operations

Challenger International has decided to close its New Zealand retail operations, effective June 30, following an extensive assessment of the company's existing position in that market. Challenger will also cease managing wholesale monies invested in ...

InvestorWeb launches Online Put Writing for retail investors

InvestorWeb (IWL) has announced that its retail online broking subsidiary, Sanford Securities, is now offering Online Put Writing for investors trading exchanged Traded Options (ETOs). The facility is being made available to all clients of Sanford Securities ...

QIC appoints two specialists for $300 million implemented fund

QIC has awarded two specialist small cap mandates to Perennial Value Management and Portfolio Partners as part of its $300 million QIC Implemented Australian Equities Fund. The two mandates complete the manager line-up for the fund that was launched ...

Morning market wrap: US shares resume upward swing

Domestic shares are likely to start the week on a positive note as the Dow Jones index finished strongly higher on Friday. The index rose by 139.08 points to close at 8850.26 points, while the Nasdaq rose 20.96 points to 1595.91 points. All Ordinaries ...

Dealer groups bearish on outlook for property

Almost 50 per cent of financial dealer groups believe that property as an asset class will lose value over the next six-to-12 months, according to the latest market expectations survey by the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit. The survey, carried ...