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Morning Market Wrap: $A opens weaker as new SARS fears emerge

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2003
In New York, stocks ended a choppy session near unchanged on Wednesday, after the dollar sank to another record low against the euro and rekindled fears that currency weakness would curb foreign investment in the United States. The Dow Jones industrial ...

AMP wins federal court approval for demerger

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
Troubled financial services group AMP Ltd today won final approval for its plan to split its Australian and British operations. AMP said its demerger had been approved by the Federal Court in Sydney. AMP said it had lodged the Federal Court order with ...

RBA to hike rates to 5.25 per cent next week: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would raise interest rates by another 0.25 per cent next week given the strengthening domestic and global picture, according to economists. The RBA lifted rates by 0.25 per cent to 5.00 per cent on November 5, saying ...

Investors turn bearish on bonds: FSIU

Investor expectations of fixed interest returns have done a u-turn in the past month, according to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) November market expectations survey, released today. Some 54% of Australian investment professionals ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar still up; Wall Street slow

The Australian dollar opened stronger today after reaching a high of $US0.7075 overnight on the back of a weaker United States dollar. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7047/52 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7005/10. It reached ...

AMP shares placed in trading halt in NZ

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
Shares in financial services company AMP were placed in a trading halt shortly before the New Zealand Exchange opened today. Trading in the shares was suspended pending an announcement, the NZX said in a statement. AMP shares closed yesterday at NZ$7.70. ...

St George Bank announces $580 million US subordinated notes issue

St George Bank Limited has announced today that new subordinated notes issue has been priced in New York on Wednesday for US$400 million ($580 million). The bank said the notes will have a 12-year tenor and are expected to mature on 15 October 2015. ...

ACCC initiates legal proceedings against get-rich-quick seminar

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2003
The competition watchdog said today it had started legal proceedings against get-rich-quick seminar leader Henry Kaye and the National Investment Institute Ltd (NII). The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has alleged Mr Kaye and ...

Morning market wrap: US Treasuries rally, NYSE chairman resigns

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2003
US Treasuries rallied in Wednesday in a delayed reaction to the Federal Reserves no-too-subtle hint on Tuesday that it intends to keep the fed funds rate at its current 1.0 per cent for an extended time. However the gains were mainly seen in the long ...

St George Bank announces pricing of its Crusade Global Trust No 2

St George Bank has today announced the pricing in New York on Wednesday of its Crusade Global Trust number 2 of 2003, its sixth global mortgage-backed securities issue under the Crusade Securitisation Programme. The securities will be registered by ...