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Speculation NAB could sell Irish banks after board meeting

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
As the board of embattled National Australia Bank meets today to review the bank\'s operations, its title as Australia\'s biggest bank is looking more tenuous. After losing more than $5 billion in value after a shock downgrade to its profit forecasts ...

Incoming NAB chairman Chaney says he wants ego-free directors

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2004
... diversified group Wesfarmers, has spoken for the first time about his plans for NAB to trade magazine Company Directors. The board, which was riven by a public stoush after the foreign exchange debacle earlier in the year, is undergoing major change ...

RBA to leave rates on hold this month: economists

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
... expected to leave official interest rates on hold this month as a federal election looms. The central bank holds its monthly board meeting this Tuesday and will make its announcement on interest rates on Wednesday morning. Economists said the RBA was ...

Mini-boom of energy companies to hit boards in next month

A mini-boom of IPOs in the energy sector over the next month will be an important test of investor appetite for oil and gas explorers, according to Deloitte Corporate Finance. Deloitte Corporate Finance partner, Peter Thornely, who specialises in the ...

Transition to IFRS will be smooth; APRA

... prudential amendments after new accounting standards take effect from 1 January 2005. The Australian Accounting Standards Board earlier in the month confirmed an Australian equivalence of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), which ...

Swinging door between Mercer and Rice Walker

... Michael Gomersall, has been appointed head of sales and client services, at Mercer while Alison Bennedick is being brought on board to work in the marketing team. "Mercer believes many superannuation funds will focus on gaining efficiencies in their ...

GPT rejected enhanced offer - Lend Lease

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2004
... improved financial terms for the offer but were unable to reach agreement with Lend Lease on \"acceptable terms\". \"The GPT board is disappointed that it has been unable to reach agreement with Lend Lease on important financial and non-financial issues ...

ANZ appoints new directors to ANZ Holdings

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2004
ANZ Banking Group on Monday announced changes to the board of its New Zealand subsidiary ANZ Holdings (NZ). The bank\'s chief financial officer Peter Marriott was appointed to the board along with ANZ National Bank chief operating officer Steven Fyfe ...

Babcock & Brown to relocate HQ to Sydney before ASX listing

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2004
... base,\" group executive chairman Jim Babcock said. \"We are currently in the process of finalising the composition of a new board and are completing the recruitment of a number of Australian-based non-executive directors ahead of the listing.\" The new ...

Telstra appoints Donald McGauchie chairman

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
... Corporation today announced Donald McGauchie had been elected chairman with immediate effect. McGauchie\'s election by the board follows a three-month search involving the executive search firm Spencer Stuart, with consideration of internal and external ...