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HIH liquidators to acquire almost $300 million from reinsurers

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
The liquidators of HIH today acquired about $300 million from a company involved in reinsurance deals with the collapsed group. NSW Supreme Court Justice Reginald Barrett today ruled that Hannover Reinsurance repay to the HIH liquidators an amount in ...

ASFA wins prestigious award for its Diploma in Superannuation Management

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has been awarded the 2003 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Collaboration in Education and Training by a small to medium enterprise during the Business and Higher Education Round Table Awards ...

ANZ announces TrUEPrS preference shares buyback

As part of its ongoing capital management strategy, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) has called for the buyback of the ANZ Preference Shares issued as part of the trust units exchangeable for preference shares (TrUEPrS) Series 1 ...

Fight on for slice of ANZ rights issue underwriting

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2003
Financial institutions are jostling for the right to sub-underwrite ANZ Banking Group Ltd's $3.6 billion rights issue which will pay for the acquisition of the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ). ANZ last Friday announced it was buying NBNZ for $4.9 ...

FPA sheds light on tax advice fees

In a recent debate amongst the primary accounting bodies regarding the facility by tax agents to charge a fee under the Income Tax Assessment Act (ITAA) in section 251 L (1), the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has said that financial ...

Investa ups distribution forecast

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
Listed property trust Investa Property Group Ltd has upped its distribution forecast for 2003/04 to 16.5 cents. The group had previously forecast the full year distribution to be 16.2 cents per unit. Investa chairman Ian Payne told unitholders at the ...

Stockland places 50 million shares to raise $233 million capital

Stockland has today completed a placement of 50 million new Stockland Stapled Securities to raise $233 million. The placement was issued at a price of $4.65 per stapled security which is a small discount to the latest market price, after taking into ...

NYSE chairman resigns amid pay package turmoil

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2003
New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso resigned today amid rising fury over his $US139.5 million ($A210.25 million) pay package. Mr Grasso entered an emergency meeting of the NYSE board and said he was prepared to offer his resignation if the ...

RBA sells $939 million net spot FETs in August

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia said today it sold $939 million in net spot foreign exchange transactions (FETs) in the market in August. This is the 17th consecutive month the RBA has been a net seller in the market. The RBA also said total credit card ...

S&P rates Westpac preferred security issue, CFS Gandel Retail Trust

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2003
International ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) said today that it has assigned its A-minus long-term rating to the $US750 million trust preferred security issued by Westpac Banking Corp. Although a number of trusts exist within the securities ...