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Infrastructure remains a good investment

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2005
Australian infrastructure companies remained a good investment because of their low risk nature and predictable cash flows, a new report said today. Moody's Investor Services said despite high debt loads, infrastructure companies were sustainable within ...

Mercer brings global expertise to Australia

Mercer has made two appointments from its US and UK offices with Anthony Lowe to head its Superannuation and Trusts Division and Marianne Feeley to head the Australian manager research team. Lowe has been on secondment to Mercer US since 2002 and Feeley ...

Mercer's diversification strategy now at Cole face

Mercer's executive director Tony Cole will now take the key role of overseeing the investment consulting business following the resignation of national practice leader, Mr Christopher Andrews. Mr Cole will hand over the reigns as managing Mercer's Wealth ...

Aussie shares get protected with Perpetual

Perpetual Investments has launched a capital protected fund that is fully invested in Australian shares. The six year close-end fund which opened on the 25 October will invest in 12 to15 ASX listed shares and is capital protected through a tailored ...

Challenger mortgage business launches record bond issue in Aust

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2004
Challenger Financial Services Group today said its wholly-owned wholesale mortgage finance business Interstar Securities had successfully launched the largest issue of net interest margin bonds ever offered publicly in the Australian market. The $180 ...

MLC announces fund closures

MLC Investments today announced a number of funds within its MasterKey Unit Trust will be closed to new business effective 20 August this year. MLC also said it will terminate these funds on 27 February next year. The funds impacted that had not be ...

NAB said corporate customers hit by APRA conditions

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2004
Regulatory requirements placed on the National Australia Bank (NAB) following the foreign exchange scandal earlier this year had hit the bank\'s corporate customers, NAB chief executive Graham Kraehe said on Sunday. However, Kraehe said customers had ...

Thinking of retiring? Keep your mouth shut, survey shows

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2004
Thinking of retiring but afraid to admit it? It\'s true - Australia\'s top executives are reluctant to talk about the subject with colleagues for fear it could be detrimental to the rest of their career, a new survey has found. Executive recruitment ...

Aust Capital markets set for record year: KPMG

Australian capital markets raised a record $37 billion during the period 1 July 2003 to 15 June 2004 according to KPMG's 2003-04 Capital Markets Survey released today. Antony Cohen, director in KPMG's corporate finance business, said that this was a ...

Bank of Queensland to raise $90 million through share issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
Bank of Queensland Ltd said today it would raise $90 million via a share issue and also expects first half net profit between $26 and $28.5 million. The bank said that it was seeking to raise up to $90 million in new capital in the form of both an ordinary ...