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S&P announces quarterly rebalance of S&P/ASX 200

Standard & Poor's today announced the quarterly rebalance of its stock market indices. S&P also said as a result of the consolidation of Westfield Holdings, Westfield Trust and Westfield America the three companies would be removed from the index and ...

St George Bank proposes capital raising, chairman to retire

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
St George Bank chairman Frank Conroy said on Monday he will retire from the board at the conclusion of the bank\'s annual meeting in December. \"For the past twenty years or more, I have been in a senior corporate role either as an executive or a public ...

NAB to sell AXA commercial insurance products to UK customers

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
National Australia Bank today said it will sell AXA commercial insurance products to customers of its three United Kingdom banks, under a new strategic alliance. From July, business customers of NAB's Clydesdale, Yorkshire and Northern Banks will be ...

Ramsay buys Benchmark Healthcare for $125mln

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
Ramsay Health Care said today that it had acquired 10 hospitals in Victoria and South Australia after agreeing to acquire all the shares in Benchmark Healthcare group for $125 million. The benchmark acquisition comprises 980 hospital beds and 68 aged ...

Business urged to take advantage of Aust-Thai FTA

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2004
Australian businesses that moved quickly to take advantage of the free trade agreement with Thailand would be the most successful, Austrade said today. The agreement, the first Thailand has negotiated with a developed country, was expected to be signed ...

Reserve Bank of Australia tipped to leave rates on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
The Reserve Bank is tipped to leave interest rates on hold today but many analysts are predicting a rise in the next month or two. Australia's central bank will announce the result of its board meeting at 0930 (AEST) today. Some economists believe the ...

WTO warns time running out

At a Geneva meeting of the WTO's 146 member states, including Australia, director-general Supachai Panitchpakdi welcomed a new willingness between delegates to discuss thorny topics such as farming but warned that time was running out. Last month, countries ...

All eyes this week on RBA governor speech: economists

Reserve Bank Governor Ian Macfarlane will this week outline the global economy's impact on Australia, with analysts watching hawkishly for any indication of future policy. With the RBA deciding last week to hold official interest rates, there will be ...

Challenger to acquire Associated Planners Group

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
Challenger Financial Services Group looks set to acquire Associated Planners Group, to create one of the largest financial planning businesses in Australia. The company said it had entered into a merger implementation agreement with Associated Planners. ...

ASIC invites comment on CLERP 9 guidance papers

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
The investment watchdog has invited comment on three guidance papers on new audit rules included in the government's CLERP 9 proposals. The guidance papers, from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), are on auditor registration ...