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Adelaide company director jailed: ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said today that Christopher Beresford James, an Adelaide company director, was sentenced by the Adelaide District Court today...

Two heads better than one following AMP Henderson regional split

AMP Henderson has appointed Merv Peacock to the position of head of private capital and Michael Anderson head of Australian equities...

Morningstar appoints Justin Walsh as head of research for Australia

Morningstar has today announced that it had appointed Justin Walsh as head of research for its Australian business...

Building approvals rise 2.1% for July: ABS

Building approvals across Australia during the month of July was 15,029, a rise of 2.1 per cent from June’s figure and a rise of 3.7% for the year...

AMP refuses to name UK business buyers

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2003
AMP Ltd today remained tightlipped about whether it had lined up three potential buyers for its troubled British life insurance businesses...

Midday market wrap: Nikkei rises to highest level since July 2002

All ordinaries increased slightly in trading this morning, rising higher by 0.33 per cent almost mirroring the 0.44% rise in the US Dow Jones index over the weekend...

Midday market wrap: Local shares make further ground

The Australian share market opened strongly, only to see early gains erode as the morning session wore on.

Saint George Bank embarks on Crusade Global Trust 2 of 2003

Saint George Bank has today announced that they will begin a marketing campaign for a proposed global mortgage-backed securities issue under the Crusade securitisation program...

Private new capital and expected expenditure rises in the June quarter: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has announced that private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure for the June quarter had increased 1.6 per cent from the March quarter...

Suncorp announces $384 million net profit

Brisbane-based financial services group Suncorp-Metway Ltd today announced a 24 per cent increase in profit for 2002-03, to $384 million.