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Midday market wrap: $A firmer but bonds weaker

The Australian dollar was marginally firmer but had unravelled a good deal of its offshore gains to noon...

Median forecast for housing finance by volume predicts flat outcome

The number of home loan approvals has remained steady at record levels in July while the median forecast for Australian housing finance...

Midday market wrap: Japanese stocks rise, $A stronger

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2003
Japanese stocks rose in morning trade, with the Nikkei index up 0.54 per cent at AEST1225...

Two Wattle administrators given suspended sentence

Wattle scheme administrators Anne and Robert Corbett were today sentenced in the Brisbane District Court in relation to 48 charges of being knowingly concerned in the promotion of prescribed interests...

S&P predicts investment grade status for NBFI sector

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2003
Standard & Poor's has said the financially strongest companies in the Australian non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) sector could potentially achieve investment grade status...

Senator Coonan reaffirms government's commitment to retirement savings

Senator Helen Coonan, the minister for revenue and assistant treasurer, has said that the superannuation surcharge reduction...

Interstar launches MBS issue

Interstar Securities (Australia) Pty Ltd has launched the ninth AUD issue under its Interstar Millennium Trust Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) programme...

Mixed results for Macquarie's tollway projects for August 2003

Macquarie Infrastructure Group (MIG) has today announced the details of traffic use on its toll road projects in Toronto, Canada and in Sydney, reflecting mixed results for August...

Mixed response to government, Democrat deal on super

The government’s superannuation reform program has been given new life following the agreement yesterday with the Australian Democrats...

AMP discusses capital raising plans

Media reports today of a capital raising by the company reconfirm statements made by the company at the release of its interim results on 20 August 2003, AMP Ltd said in a statement to the market this morning...