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ANZ to Redeem $US350m Trust Securities
ANZ Banking Group Ltd will redeem $US350 million ($A384 million) of trust securities, reducing the company's Tier 1 capital to about 9.3 per cent.The bank will pay $US1,000 each for the 350,000 trust securities, which comprise a preference share stapled to notes paying an interest rate of 4.484 per...
Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Security, AAP
News items 2009-11-06
Fewer Australians Occupy Own Houses: ABS
The proportion of owner-occupied dwellings has fallen during the past 15 years, new data shows.One-third of homes were owned by people who lived in them in 2007-08, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.That represents a drop of about 10 per cent from 1994-95 levels.During the same period, the...
Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Asset Based Security, Average, Mortgages, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, AAP
News items 2009-11-06
Centro Committee to Monitor ASIC Action
Centro Properties Group has set up a special committee to consider landmark legal proceedings against eight of its current or former executives and directors."The Special Matters Committee will comprise of all non-involved directors to deal with the ASIC Proceedings and consider any corporate governance implications for Centro," Centro said...
Tags: Centro Properties Group, Monitor, Financial, Director, ASICs, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Semiconductors, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-11-06
Slight Rise in Overseas Tourist Numbers
A rise in the number of Malaysian visitors to Australia has propped up short-term arrival numbers for September.The Australian Bureau of Statistics on Friday reported a 0.5 per cent increase in short-term visitor arrivals over the month, which was also 0.5 per cent higher than in September 2008.The highest...
Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Visitor, AAP
News items 2009-11-06
RBA May Hold Rates in Dec: Economists
The Reserve Bank of Australia RBA has left its options open for a pause in rate rises in December, following a guarded upgrading of its economic outlook, economists say.In its quarterly statement on monetary policy on Friday, the central bank said that at 3.5 per cent the overnight cash...
Tags: Bank, Economist, Digital Equipment Corp., Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-11-06
Australian Ties With Asia at 12-year Low
Australia's research and business ties with Asia have experienced the largest decline in a decade, a new study shows.The PricewaterhouseCoopers Melbourne Institute Asialink Index, released on Friday, also indicates that Japan has reclaimed its position from China as Australia's largest trading partner.The index measures Australia's links with 25 Asian...
Tags: Australia, Asia, Strategic Planning, Research & Development, Strategy, Management, Business Operations, AAP
News items 2009-11-06
IMF Australia Targets 15% Profit Growth
Litigation funder IMF Australia Ltd has reaffirmed its guidance of up to 15 per cent profit growth in the current financial year.At the company's annual general meeting in Perth on Friday, chairman Rob Ferguson said net profit was expected to be between $20 million and $24 million in 2009/2010.Net...
Tags: IMF, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Financial, IMF Australia Ltd., Financial Accounting, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-11-06
Optus Declines to Confirm IPO Rumours
Optus has declined to confirm reports its parent company Singapore Telecommunications SingTel is considering selling a small stake in the subsidiary through a initial public offer IPO in Australia.A Dow Jones report on The Australian newspaper's website on Wednesday, citing "people familiar with the situation", said SingTel could raise...
Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Optus, SingTel, IPO, Web Site Development, Financial Planning, Investment, Web Technology, Financial Services, Internet, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-10-28
NAB Full Year Net Profit Falls By 42.9%
National Australia Bank NAB has quashed hopes that bad debts may have peaked for major Australian banks after posting a profit plunge on a 50 per cent rise annual bad debts.Australia's largest business lender reported a 42.9 per cent fall in net profit to $2.589 billion for the year...
Tags: Bank, Net Profit, National Australia Bank, Dividend, Earnings, Smb/Sme, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-10-28
ANZ Annual Net Profit Falls 11%
ANZ Banking Group Ltd has reported an 11 per cent fall in annual net profit and says the market is close to a peak in the bad debt cycle.The Australian-based lender with the biggest Asian presence on Wednesday said net profit fell to $2.943 billion in the 12 months...
Tags: Bank, Net Profit, Debt, Financial Services, AAP
News items 2009-10-29
Inflation Rate Subsides to 1.3%
The annual rate of inflation subsided to 1.3 per cent in the year to September, its lowest level since June 1999, and below the Reserve Bank's preferred target band.But the result disguises solid price gains in the consumer price index CPI in the September quarter, and a stubbornly high...
Tags: Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-10-28
Crown Says Casinos Continue to Do Well
Crown Ltd says its Australian casinos continue to perform well and are driving the group's growth.The Melbourne-based company also said conditions in Macau in China, where it has invested through its 33.5 per cent stake in Melco Crown Entertainment, are improving.Chief executive Rowen Craigie said on Wednesday that recent...
Tags: Crown Ltd., Casino, Macau, Operational Accounting, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-10-28
Telstra to Sell Assets to Govt 'fairly'
Telstra Corporation Ltd says it is open to selling assets to the government's national broadband network but it needs a guarantee on returns.Chief financial officer John Stanhope told an institutional investor briefing that Telstra could sell fixed-line assets to the NBN Company, but shareholders would want a guarantee of...
Tags: Asset, Telstra Corp., Equity, Asset Management, Government, Investment, Financial Services, Telecommunications, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-10-28
Super Cheap Auto Sales Up 16%
Super Cheap Auto Group Ltd says it has made a good start to the 2009/10 year after sales for the first 17 week sales rose 16.1 per cent.Overall sales were $278.3 milion in the 17 weeks ended October 24, up from $239.8 million in previous corresponding period.On a like-for-like...
Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AAP
News items 2009-10-28
Melbourne 'among Most Affordable Cities'
Inflation figures released on Wednesday show Victoria remains one of the most affordable places to live in Australia, the state government says.The consumer price index CPI shows the annual rate of inflation falling to 1.3 per cent in the year to September compared to 1.5 per cent in the...
Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, Consumer Price Index, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-10-28
'CPI Won't Trigger Large Rate Rise'
Homeowners can draw some consolation from Wednesday's inflation readings.The Reserve Bank of Australia RBA is unlikely to raise the cash rate by 50 basis points when it holds its board meeting next Tuesday, according to market economists.However, they believe a 25 basis point increase is probably a safer bet...
Tags: Bank, Interest Rate, Inflation, RBA, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-10-28
Casinos Are Tourism Assets: Packer
Billionaire James Packer has declared his two Australian casinos "national tourism assets", alongside more traditional attractions like Uluru and the Sydney Opera House.Mr Packer, chairman of Crown Ltd, also defended the casinos from recent criticism of the gambling industry, saying they contributed to tourism, the community and the economy."Crown's...
Tags: Asset, Revenue, Crown Ltd., Casino, Operational Accounting, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-10-28
Former WA Premier Takes Wesfarmers Role
Former Western Australian premier Alan Carpenter accepted a senior management role with diversified conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd after quitting politics late last month.Mr Carpenter, who led the state Labor party until its defeat late last year, will take up the position of executive general manager corporate affairs in early December."Mr...
Tags: Carpenter, Wesfarmers Ltd., Government, Vertical Industries, AAP
News items 2009-10-30
Australian Private Credit Falls 0.2%
Total credit provided to the private sector by financial intermediaries fell by 0.2 per cent in September, following an 0.2 per cent increase in August, the Reserve Bank of Australia RBA said on Friday.Over the year to September, total credit rose by 1.7 per cent.Housing credit rose by 0.7...
Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Financial Accounting, Finance, AAP
News items 2009-10-30
Macquarie Forecasts 10% FY Profit Rise
Macquarie Group Ltd has forecast full year profit to rise by about 10 per cent, but Australia's biggest investment bank remains cautious and has signalled any expansion will come in small steps.Macquarie said on Friday its fiscal 2010 second half profit was likely to be in line with the...
Tags: Bank, Real Estate, Financial Services, Business Operations, AAP
News items 2009-10-30
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