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Credit binge continues as RBA considers rate rise

AAP | MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004

Australians are continuing to borrow heavily for homes and run up debts on their credit cards with new figures out on Friday putting pressure on the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates. The Reserve Bank board meets tomorrow, a month after deciding against ...

AFA launches estate planning programme

... planning programme in conjunction with the Australian College of Financial Services. AFA president Robin Yates said many Australians did not plan for death and its impact on loved ones and the programme would ensure advisers were able to provide clients ...

Government launches taskforce to educate consumers about finance

AAP | TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004

... evidence of the need to better inform consumers, she said. The taskforce will develop a national plan to equip all Australians with the skills to make important financial decisions over the course of their lives, Senator Coonan said.

Credit card charges hit record $14.7 billion in December

AAP | FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004

... in December as consumers ignored rising interest rates in favour of spending up big, figures released today show. Australians put an all-time record $14.68 billion on the plastic in December, according to The Reserve Bank of Australia's monthly Bulletin. ...

Ex-pats to head JPMorgan in Australia

AAP | MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004

... Priestley said a key element of the firm\'s strategy for Australia is to repatriate some of its most accomplished Australians, who have excelled in New York, London, Europe and Asia.

Costello promises surplus with hope for tax cut this year

... surplus," he told the Nine Network. "After we've paid the due welfare and education and health spending which we think Australians want and demand, we think taxpayers should get a return. "That's what we did last Budget, if we could do it again we would ...

Consumer confidence at decade-high: index

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004

... kind in Asia Pacific. Australia ranked sixth out of 13 countries across the region. In particular, the survey showed Australians have rarely been as optimistic as they are now about employment and quality of life, Stuart McDonald, a MasterCard senior ...

Stocks increasingly popular with Australians: ASX

AAP | TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2004

More Australians now directly own shares and are more active and committed participants, a survey released today found. The Australian Stock Exchange's (ASX) 2003 Share Ownership Study (SOS) showed 51% of 2,402 adults surveyed own shares - the equivalent ...

Foreign investment surges in Australian property market

AAP | FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004

... Board (FIRB) approved for foreigners two years earlier. But it seems many of the buyers may actually have been expat Australians. The FIRB figures, released this week, showed the number of approvals by foreigners to buy existing Australian residential ...

Australians abandon property investment plans

AAP | FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004

More than 100,000 Australians have abandoned plans to invest in property this year, according to research by Wizard Home Loans. The non-bank lender said research it commissioned found the number of Australians who planned to invest over the next 12 ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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