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Midday Market Wrap: Banking sector boosts market

... dollar raised the bar further in trade today after New Zealand's central bank chose not to join its counterpart across the Tasman in hiking interest rates - further underlining Australia's widening yield advantage. At 1200 AEDT the local unit was trading ...

ANZ completes acquisition of National Bank of New Zealand

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2003
... said. ANZ catapulted to the top of the New Zealand banking sector with the $4.92 billion acquisition of NBNZ. The trans-Tasman deal will be partly funded through a $3.6 billion renounceable rights issue - issued at a discounted price of $13.00 per share ...

Coles Myer sees year underlying earnings up 20 - 23%

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2003
Retailer Coles Myer Ltd said today it expected its underlying full year earnings for 2003/04 to rise by 20-23 per cent to $548-$558 million. Chief executive officer John Fletcher said at the annual general meeting in Melbourne that net of supply chain ...

Tower announces return to profit

... Decisive remedial action has helped push Tower Limited back into the black, chairman Olaf O'Duill said today. The trans-Tasman financial services group announced a $NZ5.5 million ($A4.9) net profit for the six months to September. However, reflecting ...

Former Tasmanian director sentenced to three years jail

A former director of DJF Pty Ltd, was sentenced today to three years imprisonment subject to a recognizance release order to take effect after 18 months, ASIC has reported. Six charges of fraud were made against Mark Anthony Johnstone of Tamworth, NSW ...

Building activity worth $11.21 billion during the June quarter: ABS

Building activity across Australia during the June quarter reached $11.216 billion, driven primarily by construction activity in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, although the highest increase during the quarter was recorded in the Northern ...

Aviva Australia streamlines national distribution

Aviva Australia, formerly Norwich Union, has announced several new appointments following its decision to introduce a streamlined national distribution structure. All appointments are state manager positions for Aviva's life insurance and investment ...

NZCC blocks AirNZ/Qantas alliance

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2003
... the proposal." She said the competition provided by Australian discount carrier Virgin Blue, which planned to enter the Tasman and New Zealand domestic markets, and other international airlines on the Tasman route was not enough to allay all of the NZCC's ...

IFA Securities adviser banned for five years

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned former IAF Securities representative Melanie Hutson, of Tasmania, from acting as a representative of a securities dealer or investment advisor for five years. Ms Hutson was an authorised ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries close higher, Tower shares rise

... there's been no dramatic moves," Intersuisse equities manager Andrew Sekely said. Tower Ltd shares surged today, as the trans-Tasman financial services group shut its Australian annuities arm to new business and outsourced management of its ethical investment ...