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ANZ launches $769 million bond offer

... cent, five-year bond went at re-offer spread of 15 basis points over the mid swap rate and was issued through Citigroup and HSBC. Nomura Securities said in a report that demand was strong for the transaction, with the size of the order book reported ...

RBA board meeting brings mixed forecasts

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2003
... unlikely to cut interest rates when it meets today for the first time since its American counterpart cut US rates to 1 per cent. HSBC economist Anthony Thompson predicted the Reserve would shy away from a rate cut because of the continued strength in ...

As rate cut predictions surface, Deputy PM indicates support for RBA judgement

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2003
... was 50 basis points. Economists agreed a 50bps cut would have placed more pressure on the RBA to make a rate cut itself. HSBC chief economist John Edwards said the smaller than expected Fed easing added to the argument that the RBA did not need to ease ...

IWL removes BT Principal from recommended list, upgrades JBWere

... downgrade has prompted the removal of Macquarie from the recommended list." AMP has been upgraded to 'strong buy' from 'buy', HSBC upgraded to 'strong buy' from 'buy' and JBWere was upgraded to 'strong buy' from 'buy' due to improved performance, IWL ...

Morningstar reconfirms three-star rating for HSBC

Morningstar has reconfirmed its three-star rating for HSBC Asset Management but said the appointment of Jon Taylor as chief investment officer is a 'positive' strategic move. Morningstar said HSBC has been struggling with poor fund flows, due principally ...

AMP to sell $222 million New Zealand rural lending portfolio

... sale of the New Zealand residential mortgage and retail deposit portfolios to Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and the sale of property finance portfolio to General Electric (GE) Commercial Finance. These sales will have been made "at ...

Walters appointed head of BT/Westpac financial planning

... and David Clarke, chief executive of BT Financial Group. Walters was previously chief executive officer at Merrill Lynch HSBC. He also spent 14 years with Deutsche Bank where he served as director of private banking and director and head of private s ...

Growth funds record highest returns since October 2001: InTech

... the fund managers, all had positive returns with Sagitta Rothschild (4%) on top in April, while BGI (3.8%), BTFM (3.8%), HSBC (3.7%), Merril Lynch (3.6%), ING and Invesco (both 3.5%) also had strong performances. For the year 2002-03, all fund managers ...

Morningstar gives three-stars to HSBC small caps

Morningstar has given a three-star rating to HSBC Asset Management's small caps management, citing "a lack of dedicated small cap personnel" as its "primary weakness". "While the fund manager leverages the resources of its large cap teams in terms of ...

AMP to sell $2.8 billion in mortgages, property loans

... New Zealand as part of its restructuring strategy announced on November 14 2002. Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) will acquire AMP Banking's $1.6 billion residential mortgage portfolio in New Zealand and possibly accept AMP Banking's New ...