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Lend Lease in $15 million management buy-out of Texas-based HFF

Lend Lease Corporation has today announced that it had completed an agreement for a management buy out of the Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) business for a price of $15.15 million...

Merchandise imports drop to $10.397 billion in May: ABS

The total value of international merchandise imports decreased from $10.959 billion in April 2003...

McFarlane elected new Australian Bankers' Association chairman

The Council of the Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA) has elected ANZ chief executive John McFarlane...

Midday market wrap: All Ordinaries gain ground

The All Ordinaries gained positive territory as it climbed 29.5 points or 0.955 per cent to 3085.80. All major share prices propping up the index...

St George Margin Lending launches protected loan facility

St George Margin Lending (SGML) has added Protected Loans to their Margin Lending facility, the bank group announced today...

BNP Paribas launches integrated global securities service

Merged banking entities Banque National Paris (BNP) and Paribas Securities Services have launched a new integrated business...

Australia has a highly mobile population: ABS survey reveals

Australia has a remarkably mobile population, with 42 per cent – or 6.8 million people – changing their place of residence between the years 1996 to 2001...

Morning market wrap: Data spurs strong gains in US stocks

US share price indexes closed sharply higher overnight...

Chair and deputy reappointed to Super Complaints Tribunal: Coonan

The chairperson of the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal, Graham McDonald and deputy chairperson Nicole Cullen, have both been reappointed for a two-year term...

Australian Skandia set to launch new corporate super service

Australian Skandia is set to launch a new corporate superannuation service next month that targets independent financial advisers through its bundled product Skandia One...