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Lend Lease sells HCI arm for $159 million

The US Lend Lease Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC (MuniMae) for the US$102 million (A$159 million) sale of the Housing and Community Investing (HCI) business. Lend Lease chief executive ...

Crean comes out firing on super, corporate governance

Labor's Simon Crean has outlined a series of measures to tighten rules on corporate governance and attacked the Government's superannuation tax policy in a populist response to the Budget that is being seen as a litmus test for his credentials as party ...

Midday market wrap: AMP leads index lower

The All Ordinaries index was down 4.10 points in trading by lunch as AMP shares fell 2.5% to $5.17, a loss. Promina shares also fell, slipping 0.5% or $0.01 to $1.95. National Australia Bank's shares rose 0.8% or $0.25 to $31.55 after a half year profit ...

Budget will set the tone for upcoming economic debates: ICAP

Tonight's Budget is unlikely to have a sizeable immediate impact on financial markets, but it will set the tone for some of the economic debate in coming months, ICAP chief economist Dr Ric Simes has predicted. The two most watched numbers will be the ...

Australian business confidence remains resilient: National

Analysis: Super funds and master trusts bullish on equities

Superannuation funds and master trusts are almost unanimously confident that Australian equities will rise over the next six-to-12 months, according to the latest survey by the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit. Ninety-five per cent of those surveyed ...

Macquarie launches new geared property fund

Macquarie Direct Property has announced the launch of a new actively managed property fund that will use gearing levels of up to 50 per cent in a bid to take advantage of strong recent performance in the Listed Property Sector. "We aim to gear the investment ...

Challenger to split in two, receive $235 million injection: Cuffe

Chris Cuffe, the acting chief executive officer of Challenger International, has announced plans to split the merged CPH Investment/Challenger entity along life and non-life business lines. The merged company, to be called Challenger Financial Services ...

Easing of business sentiment offset by end of Iraq war: RBA

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was content to keep interest rates on hold at 4.75 per cent despite an easing of domestic sentiment as the relatively speedy resolution of the war on Iraq removed "significant" risk from the global economy, it said ...

APRA licensing process "easier" than AFSL: Littrell

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has moved to allay fears among superannuation funds about the potential burdens of its trustee licensing process, declaring they will find it "easier" than the Australian Securities and Investments ...