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ANZ poised to buy Lloyds NZ unit

... Bank Ltd. Lloyds TSB is selling NBNZ after more than 130 years of involvement. The UK company has had directors on NBNZ's board since the New Zealand lender was founded in 1872. Lloyds took full control of the company in 1968. Deutsche Bank is advising ...

Industry groups call for active management interest in imminent IASB standards

... boards and management to take an active interest in preparing for the adoption of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) standards, soon to be applied in Australia. These standards follow a broad strategic direction issued by the Financial ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weak; bonds strong

... too badly," Macquarie Equities client adviser Helen Spencer said. "It's really a mixed day of trading today, across the board." All Ordinaries 3305.1 +10.1 NASDAQ 1925.14 +12.78 Dow Jones 9777.94 +56.15 FTSE-100 4347.50 +3.50 Hang Seng 12147.89 +0.00 ...

Trust Co announces $5.56 million first half net profit

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
... it was a very pleasing result for the company and solid evidence that the merger with Permanent was going well. Trust's board of directors decided to distribute the $5 million proceeds from the sale of the Edgecliff property due to the company's strong ...

Perpetual profits up

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2003
... billion, an increase of $1.2 billion, or seven per cent, since June 30, he said. Mr Curran also told shareholders that the board of Perpetual again intends to pay a special dividend of not less than 50 cents per share fully franked in June 2004. Total ...

Research prompts more funds to get tough on corporate governance

There is little link between executive remuneration and company performance, according to new research released by three leading Australian superannuation funds. Rather, remuneration is more strongly correlated with size and complexity of the company ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger

... stronger today, swiftly edging above the $US0.6900 level it reached on Friday after the United States dollar fell across the board. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6951/56 compared with Friday's close of 0.6903/08. On Friday night ...

Industry fund takes strong stand on corporate governance

... reinforce the accountability of corporate boards and management to shareholders. The guidelines also cover such issues as board and auditor independence, management performance, and financial disclosure. According to Unisuper, managers will be expected ...

New appointment at Tower

... their transition to the ARC platform. Mr Stanbridge has previously held senior positions with Tyndall, Zurich and ING, and board positions with a number of dealer groups. The latest appointment follows earlier moves by the Tower group to focus more tightly ...

Midday Market Wrap: US dollar rebound flattens dollar

... back foot as it entered local business, losing its hold on 69 US cents overnight as the US dollar strengthened across the board. A local trading bank nudged the currency in a downward direction this morning but that was repelled by substantial buying ...