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PM Howard to outline 4th term agenda after historic win

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2004
Prime Minister John Howard will today outline his fourth term agenda after his historic election win, which is likely to see the coalition control the numbers in the Senate. Mr Howard had a low-key day yesterday after his emphatic victory on Saturday ...

Australian and New Zealand Banking Sector Stable: S&P Report

A Standard & Poor's report has stated that while the Australian and New Zealand banking sector is stable enough to survive any moderate economic or bank industry downturn, there are concerns about the ongoing good health of the sector. The report revealed ...

AMP to return capital to shareholders within 10 months

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2004
AMP Ltd will reward almost one million shareholders with a capital return within the next 10 months, AMP chief executive Andrew Mohl said today. The plan to distribute some of the rejuvenated financial services group's growing cash pool was flagged ...

Super Choice clarifies award status

Choice of Fund legislation continues to cause confusion within the superannuation and investment industry, a problem being compounded by inaccurate updates on government websites. The Commonwealth Treasury has confirmed to the Financial Standard that ...

Small cap managers outperform: van Eyk

Small cap fund managers continue to outperform benchmark returns index but this may not be sustained, according to a report by van Eyk Research. "All the managers reviewed with long enough track records have outperformed the small cap index in the three ...

Qantas flies its fixed interest with Perennial

Qantas Superannuation has appointed Perennial Investment Partners to manage its fixed interest mandate. Perennial's head of fixed interest Glen Feben will be responsible for managing the new Australian Core Plus mandate of $210 million. "Qantas has ...

Telstra starts capital management plan with $750m buyback

Telstra Corp has unveiled details of a $750 million off-market share buyback today as part of its three year, $4.5 billion capital management program. In June, Australia's biggest telecommunications company said it planned to return $1.5 billion to ...

Costello's Future Fund draws fire

The proposal by Federal Treasurer Peter Costello to establish a special fund to deal with the almost $90 billion hole in the Australian government's superannuation commitments lacks focus, asset consultant Ken Atchison said this week. The government's ...

Ageing population key to election victory: ASFA

The election scorecard shows the Coalition running marginally ahead of the ALP on the issue of superannuation and retirement savings, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said today. But the peak industry body for superannuation ...

ASIC gives ASX thumbs up

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has given a positive assessment to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) for its performance of its market operator obligations. The Corporations Act requires that the regulator assess annually ...