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Mirvac expands into funds management with James Fielding Group

Mirvac Group will acquire James Fielding Group (JFG) and JFG's managing director Greg Parmour will become managing director of Mirvac.

Air NZ likely to revisit Qantas alliance in 2-3 years: Norris

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2004
Air New Zealand chief executive Ralph Norris said today the airline would revisit its alliance plan with Qantas in two to three years after Australia's competition authority yesterday belatedly approved the now abandoned plan.

ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from Capital Intelligence Ltd

ASIC today has accepted n enforceable undertaking from Capital Intelligence Ltd (CI), also known as Hometrader Ltd in response to a range of compliance failures.

Fed: Competition Tribunal upholds Qantas/Air NZ merger proposal

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2004
Air New Zealand Ltd today welcomed the decision by the Australian Competition Tribunal to give the green light to a proposed alliance between Qantas Airways Ltd and Air New Zealand Ltd.

New statistical publications from APRA

Two new publications will replace APRA's current quarterly Superannuation Trends.

News Corp agrees to strengthen US corporate governance

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2004
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Ltd today buckled under shareholder pressure and agreed to retain a full foreign listing on the Australian Stock Exchange even if it reincorporates in the United States.

African Development Bank mulls five year inaugural $A bond

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2004
African Development Bank (AfDB), the development bank for the African continent, today said it was mulling an inaugural Australian dollar Kangaroo bond with a likely five-year maturity and a minimum size of $200 million.

Qantas announces $1.9 billion bank facility

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2004
Qantas Airways Ltd today announced a $1.9 billion bank facility, slightly lower than its intention to refinance $2.1 billion

News Corp offers compromise over US domicile issues: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2004
News Corp Ltd executive chairman Rupert Murdoch has offered a compromise to concerned institutional investors on future control issues and the possibility of the media empire delisting from the Australian Stock Exchange, it was reported today.

AMP to return capital to shareholders within 10 months

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2004
AMP Ltd will reward almost one million shareholders with a capital return within the next 10 months, AMP chief executive Andrew Mohl said today