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All eyes this week on RBA governor speech: economists

Reserve Bank Governor Ian Macfarlane will this week outline the global economy's impact on Australia, with analysts watching hawkishly for any indication of future policy. With the RBA deciding last week to hold official interest rates, there will be ...

S&P says consolidation in Listed Property sector is slowing

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
Standard & Poor's said yesterday that the consolidation in the Australian property trust sector seen in 2003 appears now to be slowing. It said in its wake, were left larger, more diverse listed property trusts (LPTs) and stapled property groups. Craig ...

Rentenbank launches A$400 million June 2011 bond issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, Germany's agency for agriculture, has today launched a $A400 million June 2011 bond issue into the Kangaroo market. The deal is expected to be priced at an approximate re-offer spread to the June 2011 Australian Commonwealth ...

Prices rise 0.1% in February: survey

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
Australian consumer prices rose slightly in February but the overall trend confirms a trajectory to lower inflation, a monthly survey showed. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute Experimental Monthly Inflation Gauge said the prices of consumer goods ...

LPTs to benefit from strong retail sales

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
Analysts expect that a surge in retail sales figures for 2003 will have boosted the incomes of listed property trusts (LPTs) this reporting season. The Australian Bureau of Statistics today released the final retail sales figures for 2003, showing growth ...

Productivity Commission to crack down on homeowners' scheme loopholes

Millionaires would be banned from receiving a $7,000 taxpayer subsidy towards their first home under a call to means test the first homeowners' scheme, the Productivity Commission revealed today. In its discussion paper on first home ownership, released ...

Macquarie launches property syndicate for east coast investors

Macquarie Direct Property has launched a new commercial property syndicate that offers investors geographic and market diversity through a portfolio of major properties along the eastern seaboard of Australia. The five properties, in the prime CBD markets ...

ALP's Stephen Conroy urges greater corporate governance

The ALP Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Corporate Governance Stephen Conroy has outlined three areas where corporate reform is urgently needed, during a speech presented to the Company Secretaries Association (CSA) today. He said the most ...

Housing bubble imbalance could threaten economic growth: TD Securities

The recent boom in house prices and household debt have created an imbalance in the economy that threatens to severely undermine economic growth when house prices fall and the household sector slows its consumption, according to TD Securities chief ...

RBA takes aim at property tax breaks

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
Generous tax breaks for property investors were a key driver of the house price boom, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. In its submission to the Productivity Commission's home ownership inquiry, the bank dismissed a shortage of houses or land ...