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AMP sees 2003 net profit in $600 to $620 million range

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
... $535 million, and AMP indicated at the time the memorandum was released in October it expected the result to be closer to the top end of the forecast range.

APRA raised concerns with NAB before rogue trading scandal

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
... Bank's (NAB) risk management early last year, more than six months before the rogue trading scandal that cost the bank's two top jobs. NAB suspended four currency traders in January but foreign exchange options head dealer David Bullen said his team ...

Investors need to be wary of impact of $A on offshore shares

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
... said the rising local currency had diminished the Australian dollar value of overseas assets, outweighing any gains made on top of the purchase price of the share.

Property investment down: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
... lending in December. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said borrowing for property investment fell 3.8% in December, on top of a dip in November when the Reserve Bank raised interest rates for the first time in almost 18 months. Personal borrowing ...

Home lending falls off in December

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
... the overall strength of the economy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said home lending dipped 0.8% in December, on top of a 3.9% fall in November. A record 33.5% of all loan approvals were for refinancing as homebuyers rushed to lock in fixed ...

Unilever switches strategy as FitzGerald goes

... the food and consumer products group with brands like Knorr soups, Lipton tea and Dove soap, posted full-year profit at the top end of forecasts but admitted it would fall short of meeting its sales target. The world's third-largest food group, home ...

New NAB boss has own suspicions about rogue trading scandal

... we will find that people have done things, that in terms of the law, yes, they shouldn't have done." Mr Stewart took on the top job at NAB a week ago in the wake of the rogue trading furore which cost Australia's largest bank $360 million and the job ...

Foreign investment surges in Australian property market

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
... existing Australian residential properties surged between 2000/2001 and 2002/2003, from 1283 to 1965. The report also showed the top overseas investors in the real estate sector - including all residential and commercial investments - came from the United ...

Perpetual axes 25 jobs in divisional shake-up

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
... division, Wealth Management. Perpetual Investments group executive Gerard Doherty assumed responsibility of the new division. The top job at Personal Financial Services had been left vacant - one of the 25 jobs to be cut - after Rohan Mead quit late ...

S&P maintains top investment rating on Australian economy

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
Australia has retained Standard & Poor's highest investment grade rating and a change in government after the next federal election would be unlikely to affect it, the ratings agency said. Australia and Singapore are the highest ranked out of 18 countries ...