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Promina expects strong 2004 despite slowing premium growth

... company was tracking well after a good first quarter in 2004. Promina, which owns AAMI and Australia's Pensioners Insurance Agency as well as the Tyndall and Guardian Trust investment firms, said its businesses were performing at least in line with f ...

Structural change strengthens regional bank credit ratings

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... given the banks greater resilience to a modest deterioration in operating conditions. In the report the credit ratings agency said the main areas of change had centred on growth in absolute capital size and business and geographic diversity. It said ...

Rentenbank launches A$400 million June 2011 bond issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, Germany's agency for agriculture, has today launched a $A400 million June 2011 bond issue into the Kangaroo market. The deal is expected to be priced at an approximate re-offer spread to the June 2011 Australian Commonwealth ...

S&P executive says investors reward transparency

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
Financial transparency by companies is rewarded by investors, an expert from ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) told a conference yesterday. Executive vice president credit market services at S&P, Vickie Tillman, said Worldcom, Enron, Parmalat and ...

Promina announce $200-$300 million capital raising for growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
... capital gearing level of 25 per cent towards the end of 2005. Promina, which owns AAMI and Australia's Pensioners Insurance Agency as well as Tyndall and Guardian Trust investment firms, listed on the stock exchange in May 2003. Its maiden pro forma ...

Ex-AMP man to head Invest Victoria

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2004
Former AMP China representative Ben Foskett has been named chief executive of Victoria\'s new investment attraction agency Invest Victoria. Victorian Minister for State and Regional Development John Brumby said Foskett\'s business experience in Asia ...

S&P maintains top investment rating on Australian economy

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
... investment grade rating and a change in government after the next federal election would be unlikely to affect it, the ratings agency said. Australia and Singapore are the highest ranked out of 18 countries S&P rates in the Asia Pacific and Australia ...

Credit quality on the turn, says S&P

... companies slowed in late 2003 and may signal improvement on the way for 2004. That is the conclusion of a report from ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P), which said credit downgrades did not outstrip the number of upgrades as sharply as before. The ...

Pimco enters Australian retail arena

... series. The series, comprising six funds, has received the highest ratings from both InvestorWeb Research and Lonsec ratings agency. Pimco's current funds under management for the domestic arena exceed $12 billion.

ASIC begins investigation into NAB options trading

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2004
... Police (AFP) said it is still assessing the referral from NAB in regards to an investigation. An AFP spokeswoman said the agency is assessing whether it should be involved or whether it might be a matter for state police. "We've had a formal referral ...