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Aust trade deficit narrows in August to $1.93 billion - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
Australia's trade gap with the rest of the world narrowed sharply in August after a five per cent drop in imports, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the monthly trade deficit fell to $1.93 billion last month after a ...

New challenges keep coming, says ASIC chairman

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2004
The head of Australia's corporate regulator on Tuesday said his organisation was facing challenges in overseeing companies as they battle to meet their new reporting obligations. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Jeff ...

ANZ stays quiet on Wizard bid speculation

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2004
The ANZ Banking Group remained tightlipped on Thursday about rumours that it is poised to bid for mortgage originator Wizard Home Loans Group. ANZ, Australia's third biggest bank, would not confirm or deny that it was considering a bid for Wizard. "We ...

Choice a good place to start: MLC

The introduction of choice of fund will be a major encouragement for Australians to take a greater interest in their superannuation, MLC said on Tuesday. But the country's largest wealth manager also said it thought the new regime which takes effect ...

APRA appoint Byres executive general manager - DID

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on Friday announced the appointment of Wayne Byres to the role of executive general manager - Diversified Institutions Division (DID). Byres replaces Tom Karp, who was appointed executive general ...

European stocks tick higher on positive US inflation data

European stock markets ticked higher in yesterday's trading, buoyed by upbeat trading on Wall Street after data showed inflation rose less than expected, easing concern the Federal Reserve would abruptly raise interest rates. The London FTSE 100 index ...

Banks face volatility with shift to global accounting standards

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2004
Australia\'s transition to international accounting standards could generate volatility in the profits and equity reserves of the banks, a banking conference heard on Tuesday. On 1 July businesses began the shift to standards derived from the International ...

Business expectations continue to accelerate, NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2004
The business sector is optimistic about the future because of the fundamental strength of the Australian economy in August, according to a new survey. The National Australia Bank\'s August Business Survey today reported that the re-acceleration of economic ...

Public sector super giants drop member crediting rates

In a radical departure from industry practice, the two leading superannuation schemes covering Commonwealth public servants have announced they will no longer declare annual crediting rates to fund members. The Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS) ...

Fund performance turns down in July

SelectingSuper, a Rainmaker Information company, has released its superannuation fund performance tables to 31 July 2004 this week highlighting the median annual return declined by more than 2% from the June performance results. SelectingSuper said ...