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ANZ establishes mortgage franchises

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
ANZ Banking Group said today it will establish 15 mortgage franchises in Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland by July with the goal of rolling out 175 nationally. The bank said former Mortgage Choice executive Steven Heavey has been appointed head of ANZ ...

Safer superannuation savings: Coonan

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
Australians' superannuation savings became a little safer yesterday when the Senate passed laws to safeguard the retirement nest eggs. The bill modernises and strengthens protection of superannuation savings from theft or fraud and is designed to make ...

ANZ appoints new institutional financial services head

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2004
ANZ Banking Group Ltd has announced the appointment of Steve Targett as group managing director of Institutional Financial Services. In his new role, Mr Targett will be responsible for ANZ\'s institutional financial services segment, reporting directly ...

BAD tax to be scrapped

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2004
State and territory governments today agreed to shoot down the Bank Accounts Debit (BAD) tax more than four years after Treasurer Peter Costello put the tax in his sights. The meeting of federal state and territory treasurers agreed the BAD tax would ...

AMP Income Securities buyback offer opens

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
Financial services and insurance group AMP Ltd said today it has reached agreement with the trustee for the group's Income Securities to amend the terms of the securities. The amendment makes interest payments cumulative and compounding from July 1 ...

Treasury Group rejigs management

Treasury Group has announced that its managing director Rodney Green has renewed his contract, and from July 2004 will assume the new title of executive director, as part of a management restructure designed to focus on the organic growth of its boutique ...

Reporting season shows company profits growing

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
Listed companies defied the rising Australian dollar to report generally stronger profits for the first half of 2003-2004 with further growth expected for the rest of the financial year. However analysts say the next challenge could be from rising interest ...

Victorian government lifts mortgage tax

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
The Victorian government will lift mortgage stamp duty for first home buyers while retaining the heftier tax levied on property purchase prices. Premier Steve Bracks said the state tax would be dropped from July 1 this year, a reprieve worth up to $200 ...

ASX in strong position for full year, but warns of unpredictability

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Strong growth in trading volumes in January and February means ASX Ltd is well positioned for a strong full year results, although the company warned of the unpredictability of the market. ASX today posted a half year net profit of $42.489 million ...

Jobs at SMEs strongest since GST

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
Employment in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) grew to their strongest levels in the January quarter since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax, a business index found. The Sensis Business Index for Small and Medium Enterprises showed that ...