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Costello reappoints Macfarlane RBA governor

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Ian Macfarlane has been reappointed to lead the central bank for another three years, Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said today. Mr Costello said Mr Macfarlane would serve until September 2006, making him the ...

MFS closes rights issue and announces distribution forecast

The listed McLaughlins Financial Services Limited (MFS) Leveraged Investment and Securities Trust (LIST) announced today that it had closed its July 2003 non-renounceable rights issue, raising $6.3 million. Prior to the issue LIST held assets of $41 ...

Trescowthick charged, Clifford Corporation directors committed for trial

Adam John Trescowthick, the former Executive Chairman of Harris Scarfe Holdings Limited, today faced 37 charges relating to the collapse of the retailer in April 2001. The charges, brought by the Australian Investments and Securities Commission (ASIC) ...

APRA addresses reporting errors

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has found an "unacceptable" incidence of errors in the quarterly returns from general insurers, and has asked industry auditors to review the systems and processes used by their clients to report ...

ASIC charges three Victorian men on 101 counts of deception, fraud

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced today that three Victorian men have been charged with a total of 101 charges of deception, false accounting and breach of duty. The commission has charged Michael Damianos, Joseph ...

ASIC places permanent ban on adviser

David Paul Mudge, formerly of Windsor Gardens, South Australia, has been banned permanently from acting as a representative of a securities dealer or an investment adviser, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced. Mr Mudge ...

Three charged over FAI reinsurance arrangements

Three former FAI executives appeared in a Sydney court this morning, charged over alleged offences relating to reinsurance arrangements entered into with general Cologne Re Australia Limited in 1998. Fronting the Downing Centre District Court, Timothy ...

RBA must cut interest rates: ABL

On behalf of Australian exporters, Australian Business Ltd (ABL) has called for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut interest rates tomorrow. "A cash rate cut by the Reserve Bank would narrow the interest rate differential and ultimately put downward ...

Westfield chairman reappointed to RBA board

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2003
Frank Lowy, chairman of Westfield Holdings, has been reappointed for his third straight term to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board. The reappointment extends until December 2005, making Mr Lowy the longest-serving member, with 10 years service. ...

Fewer Australians able to save: ING survey

Less and less Australians can afford to save, with less than half of the nation's households saving part of their income, the June quarter ING-Melbourne Institute Household Saving Report has revealed. The report, which surveyed 1,200 households across ...