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QIC announces new appointments to key positions

 The Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) today confirmed the appointments of Brad Holzberger as deputy chief executive officer and John Gethin-Jones as executive general manager...

Wheat exporter AWB to pay $825 million for Wesfarmers Landmark

AWB has announced it is buying the entire Wesfarmers rural network, excluding Wesfarmers Federation Insurance...

Senator Campbell calls for single Asia-Pacific finance market

The formation of a single Asia Pacific finance market is one of the next major steps in globalisation of financial services...

Federal Government welcomes ASIC investment banking report

The Federal Government has welcomed the release of a report by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) into the independence of research...

Challenger acquires independent mortgage financier

The Challenger Financial Services (CFG) has today announced that it had entered into an agreement with Zurich Capital Markets (ZCM) to acquire the assets of ZCM’s Australian Primcipal...

Trans-Tasman tax changes implemented under CER agreement

Senator Helen Coonan, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, has committed the government to trans-Tasman triangular tax reform...

Morning market wrap: US shares close up on low turnover

US share markets closed higher Friday, despite low turnover ahead of the Labor Day long weekend...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries end day on higher note

The All Ordinaries ended trading this afternoon gaining 9.2 points or a little less than a third of one per cent. Hong Kong stocks rose over a percent...

FirstMac prices $350 million MBS issue

Macquarie Bank Ltd has announced that the FirstMac Group has priced a $350 million mortgage backed securitisation issue under its FirstMac Bond Series Trust securitisation programme...

ABS releases latest business indicators data

The latest business indicators figures for Australia, compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) disclosed today show that income from the sales of goods and services...