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Plan for world's biggest bank hits obstacle

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2004
The planned merger between two of Japan\'s megabanks to create the world\'s biggest bank ran into a major obstacle on Tuesday when a Tokyo court demanded the merger talks be scrapped. The Tokyo District Court decision to stop the merger talks between ...

ATO moves in on DIY funds

... APRA - the result was actually very small incidence of a tax rorting problem in the DIY space. This study was one of the major ISC benchmark studies into DIY assets which is now part of industry folklore. \"The fact that these studies have not lead to ...

Active US fund managers underperform

The majority of active US fund managers have underperformed the major US sharemarket indices for the six months-ending 30 June 2004, ratings agency and benchmark operator Standard & Poor's said in a report. According to S&P, the S&P-500 index outperformed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2004
... 3501 with 1,058 contracts traded. Today, investors will be watching David Jones, Burns Philp and Telstra, which all made major announcements yesterday, and will also keep an eye on a court case involving James Hardie.

Telstra appoints Donald McGauchie chairman

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
Telstra Corporation today announced Donald McGauchie had been elected chairman with immediate effect. McGauchie\'s election by the board follows a three-month search involving the executive search firm Spencer Stuart, with consideration of internal ...

Proposal to abolish exit fees splits industry

... Opposition proposal to stop super providers charging exit fees when investors leave their funds has been rejected by the major body representing Australia 's major retail funds. "I don 't think there 's a role for the Government to regulate a fee level ...

ANZ staff contracts misleading, union says

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2004
... location and working hours, given reasonable notice. But under their employment award, staff can refuse such requests and major changes can constitute redundancy. The contracts also say the ANZ \"may terminate your employment for any reason\" by giving ...

PM Capital funds continue strong performance

... its Australian Opportunities, Enhanced Yield and Absolute Performance Funds, with all three significantly outperforming major market indices. The Australian Opportunities Fund achieved a stellar 33.9% result for the 2003/2004 financial year, more than ...

Over reliance on DIY: AVIVA

... institutions are frustrated with the amount of people still relying on 'talk around the water cooler' and newspapers to make major investment decisions," Grant said. The study, commissioned by the ASX, highlighted just 19% of investors said a financial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2004
... While gold eased by more than $US5, world oil prices spiked back towards $US40 per barrel, indicating weakness for both the major gold producers and oil reliant companies like airlines and some of the resources companies. By 0655 AEST the current futures ...