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Government announces new draft legislature on super, foreign exchange

Draft legislation to allow splitting of superannuation contributions will assist families, according to Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan. The draft legislation, which was announced yesterday, also included amendments to allow ...

AMP shares drop with UK value reduction

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
Shares in AMP Ltd dropped back this morning after it said a reduction in carrying value of around $2.4 billion was possible for its United Kingdom operations. The shares were put in a trading halt but when they hit the market just after 1100 AEST, they ...

APEC will seek to exorcise the failures of WTO Cancun

... countries have tariffs at that level. In the second category of APEC's workload, business facilitation, the focus in on cutting red tape, reducing costs and minimising the frustrations faced by businesses operating outside of their home markets. APEC ...

AMP debt down by 2005: CEO

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2003
AMP's demerger and debt reduction program should see the troubled finance giant with excess cash and a possible share buy-back by the end of 2005, AMP chief executive Alan Mohl said over the weekend. AMP will have to inject another $84 million into ...

Labour lashes out against government's 'phoney portability' of super

... their accounts. They fail to do so because they don't know they can, can't find them and need to fill in forms - too much red tape." He said the problems will not be solved unless the Liberal Government considers the clear, simple measures suggested ...

August House finance supported by low rates: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
Housing finance approvals remained strong in August, underscoring the mix of low interest rates, low unemployment and rising house prices, economists said. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported housing finance rose 2.1 per cent in the month ...

ARPA receives enforceable undertaking

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), in a lengthy statement to the public regarding the AMP's demerger episode, has said as part of APRA's review of the demerger, an enforceable undertaking was received from AMP Limited. This undertaking ...

AMP details $1.2 billion rights issue as part of demerger

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
Troubled financial services group AMP Ltd is to undertake a $1.2 billion rights offer to redeem its reset preferred securities as part of its planned demerger. AMP also said it is injecting a further net $84 million into its United Kingdom operations. ...

AMP shares placed in trading halt in NZ

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
Shares in financial services company AMP were placed in a trading halt shortly before the New Zealand Exchange opened today. Trading in the shares was suspended pending an announcement, the NZX said in a statement. AMP shares closed yesterday at NZ$7.70. ...

Government scores superannuation hat trick: Coonan

The Government has secured another win for superannuation reform after negotiating another agreement with the Australian Democrats to support new portability regulations to facilitate the consolidation of superannuation from inactive accounts. "The ...