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APRA proposes tougher requirements for general insurers

Existing prudential standards covering general insurers will be increased, and disclosure obligations toughened, under new proposals released today by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The new measures, included in a discussion ...

Consumers find ASIC fee model confusing: ASFA

Consumers can't understand the superannuation fee disclosure model proposed by the Australian Superannuation and Investments Commission (ASIC), according to research commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Research ...

Costello announces new appointment to ACCC deputy chair

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of Louise Sylvan as the Deputy Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for the term commencing 6 November 2003 and concluding 31 July 2008. \"Ms Sylvan recently ...

OECD standardised unemployment rate rises

The standardised unemployment rate for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries has risen to 7.2 percent in September, which is 0.1% higher than the previous month and 0.2% higher than a year earlier. In the Euro area ...

Consumer sentiment falls 2% in November: Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2003
The surprise rise in interest rates pushed Australian consumer sentiment down a notch in November after hitting nine year highs the previous month. The Westpac Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 2.0 per cent to 115.5 per cent from ...

Government says tax reforms will assist public private partnerships

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2003
Federal tax reforms targeting joint ventures between governments and private investors should ensure benefits go to the parties who bore the economic risk of a project, a business conference was told yesterday. Federal Treasury business income general ...

Challenger, CPH to pay each other $100m under proposal

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2003
Kerry Packer's Challenger Financial Services Group and CPH Investment Corporation (CPHIC) will pay each other nearly $100 million, under a plan to "corporatise" Challenger and cut ties with CPH. Challenger will also sell its quarter stake in beauty ...

Inflation may slide below RBA target

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
Underlying inflation fell in October and is in danger of sliding below the bottom of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target of between two and three per cent, an inflation gauge showed today. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute experimental ...

Melbourne Cup Day looms as d-day for interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
Punters could be paying more on their home loans by the end of the week, although economists said the Reserve Bank was odds-on to leave interest rates on hold for another month at least. The Reserve Bank board faces a tough call when it meets on Tuesday ...

Morning Market Report: US GDP surges at 7.2%; Dollar hits $US0.7100 overnight

US stocks rose on Thursday afternoon as investors welcomed surprisingly strong growth in the US economy. The market spiked briefly in early trading after a report showed US gross domestic product surged at a 7.2 per cent annual rate in the July-September ...