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Westpac delivers double-digit cash earnings growth

Westpac Banking Corporation today reported an increase in cash earnings to $2,271 million for the full year ended September 2003, up 10 per cent on the 2002 result excluding the non-recurring significant items in that year. Operating profit after tax ...

Government's latest super bills face criticism from opposition

Following what has been one of the most significant passages of superannuation legislation in recent times, the Government's announcement of a cut in superannuation surcharge for high-income earners and co-contribution to low-income earners has led ...

Morning market Wrap: US Fed Reserve holds rates steady

US stocks held onto their earlier gains on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates steady at 45-year lows, as expected. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 64 points to 9672, after briefly rising more than 80 points from Monday's ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: $A closes above 70 cents, Nikkei edges higher

The Australian dollar closed well above 70 US cents today, buoyed by very strong world commodity prices and a wide interest rate differential with the United States. At 1700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7030/34 compared with yesterday's ...

ANZ buys NBNZ for $4.915 billion

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2003
ANZ Banking Group Ltd is set to become one of the leading banks in New Zealand after agreeing to acquire the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ) from London's Lloyds TSB for $A4.915 billion. The purchase price is below the $6.5 billion Lloyds was believed ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar and bonds stronger

The Australian dollar was stronger at noon, above 70 US cents as a host of international and domestic factors support its strength. At 1200 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7053/59 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7005/10. It had traded ...

Westpac announces lowering of merchant credit card fees

Westpac has today announced that it will reduce credit card merchant service fees to its 85,000 merchant customers. "We are writing to our customers advising them of the new lower Merchant Service Fees applicable to them, the benefits of which will ...

CARE enters corporate arena with new product

CARE Super, the outperforming industry fund catering to office-based employees, has joined the other major not-for-profits and created its own corporate product. The fund, with around 180,000 members and $1.35 billion in assets, has begun responding ...

Host Super changes name to Intrust

Hospitality and tourism industry fund Host Super has changed its name to Intrust Super Fund, it has announced. However, it said the name of the trustee company that governs the Fund would, for legal reasons, remain as Host-Plus (Qld) Pty Ltd. "The superannuation ...

Macquarie Bank deputy reports retail strategy success

Macquarie Bank deputy managing director Richard Sheppard announced that the Bank is on track with its retail financial services strategy and expects a strong increase in profits for its Financial Services Group (FSG) for the year ended 31 March 2004. ...