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Rising rates take steam out of real estate market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
Rising interest rates have helped take some of the steam out of Australia's real estate market as price rises begin to show signs of plateauing and short-term speculators exit the market. Clearance rates at auctions in New South Wales over the past ...

Investec adds property specialist to Brisbane team

Investec have added property expert John Hollamby to its Brisbane team, effective from today, the boutique investment bank has announced. Mr Hollamby was formerly the head of Property and Construction Finance for ANZ in Brisbane, and had been with ANZ ...

RBA takes aim at property tax breaks

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
Generous tax breaks for property investors were a key driver of the house price boom, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. In its submission to the Productivity Commission's home ownership inquiry, the bank dismissed a shortage of houses or land ...

ANZ boss takes pay cut

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
ANZ Banking Group Ltd chief executive John McFarlane took a $400,000 pay cut for 2002/03, a move which the bank said reflected the performance of ANZ over the past 12 months. Mr McFarlane took home $2.48 million for the year ended September 30, 2003 ...

ALP launches new superannuation plan, emphasising simplicity

... provide the default option. They highlighted the fact that small businesses do not want to be overloaded with new costs and red tape, that could result in them paying into 20 funds if they have 20 employees. The ALP said that under their proposal they ...

Business lending may not match home loan slump: KPMG

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2003
Banks could struggle to make up for a slowdown in mortgage growth by increasing loans to businesses, according to financial services group KPMG. Australia's big banks have pinned their hopes on an upswing in business lending to counter a slowdown in ...

Stronger markets, lower costs drive jump in NAB wealth management earnings

Wealth management operations were a major factor behind the jump in the National Australia Bank's (NAB's) half-yearly earnings, with operating profits after tax surging 28.1 per cent to $374 million, the bank announced this morning. NAB attributed the ...

ANZ announces TrUEPrS preference shares buyback

As part of its ongoing capital management strategy, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) has called for the buyback of the ANZ Preference Shares issued as part of the trust units exchangeable for preference shares (TrUEPrS) Series 1 ...

Lure of high yields attracts global fund investments in Australia

Lured by the prospect of high yields in Australia, global fund managers are stepping up to the crease and are pumping large amounts of money here. TD Securities chief economist Stephen Koukoulas, in an exclusive interview with the Financial standard ...

Businesses asked to participate in international tax treaties: Coonan

The Department of the Treasury has sought comments from the Australian business community on the status of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) obligations, on the eve of tax treaty negotiations to be held between Australia and Norway in Canberra next week. Australia ...