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Commonwealth splits CFS business into investments and products

The Commonwealth Bank has ended speculation surrounding its wealth management business, Colonial First State (CFS), with the announcement that it has split the investment management and product development functions of the business. At the same time ...

Choice of fund clears the way for ING

In response to the choice legislation ING will launch a free superannuation clearing house for both ING and ANZ employer super clients. ING's employer super head of product Tom Griffiths says the initiative could attractive non-existing ING and ANZ ...

AVIVA to acquire 20 per cent of PIH

Financial services group Aviva Australia is set to acquire 20 per cent of Professional Investment Holdings (PIH), the holding company of Australia's second largest financial planning group Professional Investment Services. The acquisition is subject ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2004
In Sydney today the sharemarket is expected to open slightly weaker as lacklustre trade from a shortened US trading session provides little direction for the local bourse. Weaker base metal prices to end last week could also weigh on the domestic resource ...

James Hardie CEO resigns

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2004
Former James Hardie Industries NV chief executive officer Peter Macdonald has tendered his resignation from the company, the building products supplier announced today. Mr Macdonald stepped aside as CEO last month in the wake of a report into the company's ...

Telstra top executives to be grilled by ACCC: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2004
Senior Telstra Corp executives including the company\'s top legal officer and internet chief will be grilled by the competition regulator this week, as hostilities escalate over allegations of predatory internet pricing by the telco, it was reported ...

Takeovers Panel agrees to ASIC withdrawing Gribbles complaint

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2004
The Takeovers Panel said today it had agreed to the withdrawal of an application from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleging unacceptable circumstances in relation to the affairs of pathology provider The Gribbles Group. ...

Ramsay buys Benchmark Healthcare for $125mln

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
Ramsay Health Care said today that it had acquired 10 hospitals in Victoria and South Australia after agreeing to acquire all the shares in Benchmark Healthcare group for $125 million. The benchmark acquisition comprises 980 hospital beds and 68 aged ...

CBA CEO David Murray to stay on in top job

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia\'s long-serving chief executive David Murray said yesterday he had no intention of making way for a fresh leader at the nation\'s second biggest bank. The issue of succession at CBA was brought into focus last week ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
The Australian dollar gained after a choppy night of trading and looks to be forming a base at around $US0.7255, after falling there late on Friday. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7360/65 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7343/48. ...