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Superannuation assets jump in June quarter: APRA

The value of Australian superannuation assets recovered strongly in the June quarter, and now stands at record levels, according to latest data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). But APRA said most of the rise was due ...

Victorian insurance agent gets permanent ban: ASIC

A Victorian insurance agent has been permanently banned from providing any financial service, following enquiries by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The banning order was made after ASIC found that Mr William Keith Grant ...

Macquarie Bank deputy reports retail strategy success

Macquarie Bank deputy managing director Richard Sheppard announced that the Bank is on track with its retail financial services strategy and expects a strong increase in profits for its Financial Services Group (FSG) for the year ended 31 March 2004. ...

Macquarie expects strong increase in profits in its financial services group

Macquarie bank is on track with its retail financial services strategy and expects a strong increase in profits for its Financial Services Group (FSG) for the year ended 31 March 2004,. according to deputy managing director Richard Sheppard. "Following ...

No rate increases in near future: banks

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2003
In what should come as a relief to Australians with home loans, the head of the St George Bank and a senior executive from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia both said yesterday they did not expect official interest rates to rise in the near future. ...

Consumer sentiment rises to nine-year high: Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2003
Consumer sentiment rose to a nine-year high in October with Australian households more confident about the economic outlook, a survey has found. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 1.5 per cent in October to 117.8, the ...

ICA Property Group launches third property fund

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
Sydney developer ICA Property Group in conjunction with Macquarie Bank has announced the establishment of a third fund to raise a further $50 million for investment in non-residential property developments. It said the move follows the strong performance ...

Macquarie in $1 billion American property trust

Macquarie Bank Limited and Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (DDR) have today announced plans to jointly list a property trust in North American shopping centres, valued at US$744.5 million ($1078 million) on the Australia Stock Exchange by ...

Morning Market Wrap: International markets gain; Dollar weaker

The Australian share market is likely to move higher following gains in international markets overnight. By 0738 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange the December share price index contract, a key indicator of trading for the day ahead, was six points ...

Macquarie spends $40 million in South Korea

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
Macquarie Bank Ltd has deepened its footprint in South Korea, with another $40 million investment in a vital toll road linking two of the nation's biggest cities. In the second investment for its Korean Road Infrastructure Fund (KRIF), Macquarie said ...