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CSAM maintains AAA rating

Following on from CSAM's recent trend towards losing fund management mandates good news is on the horizon as ratings agency S&P affirming its AAA rating for CSAM's international equity funds. The funds are offered by CSAM Australia and Capital International. ...

World oil price hits record high

World oil prices vaulted to record highs today, stirring fears of $US60 a barrel New York crude, as traders sweated over tight US energy stocks and rampant, China-driven demand. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, set ...

Macquarie CountryWide Development wins top honours

The largest redevelopment plan taken on by Macquarie Bank's CountryWide Trust has won the 2004 API Excellence in Property National Australia Bank Property Development Award. The Nambour Plaza redevelopment, located on the Sunshine Coast, was recognised ...

Aust business investment rises 5.8% in June qtr - ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2004
Business investment jumped 5.8% in the June quarter, new figures showed today, driven by an increase in spending on new equipment and machinery. The rise made up for a 2.5% slide in the first three months of the year, and left actual spending 9.2% higher ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2004
The Australian stock market is likely to open firmer in early trade, as a positive night in the US should transfer to the local bourse. However, weakness in base metals and oil prices overnight could weigh on some resources stocks, although gold stocks ...

Pioneer appoints Weiser MD

Pioneer Mortgage Services have announced the appointment of Charles Weiser to the position of managing director overseeing the company's continued expansion in the Australasian lending market. Weiser joins Pioneer Mortgage Services from RAMS' Home Loans ...

APRA confirms Zurich investigation

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today confirmed that it has been investigating certain past and now unwound reinsurance transactions in Zurich Australia Limited's (ZAIL) general insurance business. APRA General Manager, Diversified ...

Big four banks fail to dominate in business service survey

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2004
Only one of Australia's big four banks made the top five in a new survey ranking banks on their relationships with big business. And the bank with the best relationships with Australia's biggest companies is France's BNP Paribas, according the survey ...

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 ...

Super Cheap Auto gears up for IPO

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2004
Automotive parts and accessories retailer Super Cheap Auto said today it was gearing up for a float on the Australian Stock Exchange. The Brisbane-based company said it expected to lodge a prospectus for an initial public offer with the Australian Securities ...