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AMP details $1.2 billion rights issue as part of demerger

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
Troubled financial services group AMP Ltd is to undertake a $1.2 billion rights offer to redeem its reset preferred securities as part of its planned demerger. AMP also said it is injecting a further net $84 million into its United Kingdom operations. ...

NAB commits to expanding wealth management capabilities

National Australia Bank (NAB) has hinted it remains interested in acquiring the Australian Financial Services business of the AMP, today saying it will continue to invest in the bank's wealth management capabilities in Australia and the United Kingdom. ...

AMP asks for more debt

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2003
Troubled fund manager and life insurer AMP Ltd has reportedly asked Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA) to accept a higher level of debt in its United Kingdom operations. AMP wanted permission to increase the debt in a "last ditch effort to ...

Lloyds TSB announces new strategy today

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2003
Britain's Lloyds TSB is expected to give an update on the $6 billion sale of its National Bank of New Zealand when it announces a new strategy to United Kingdom investors tonight, the Australian Financial Review reported. Australia's ANZ Banking Group ...

AMP stock jumps 30 per cent in September quarter

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
Investors who took an optimistic view of AMP Ltd have been rewarded for now, with the stock jumping more than 30 per cent in the September quarter and outpacing much of the market. But fund managers who took a strong view - positive or negative - should ...

S&P lowers Lend Lease rating to BBB

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... businesses will provide substantial cash proceeds of about $1.17 billion. The investments held in UK-based Bluewater and US-based King of Prussia shopping centers boost the contribution for the remaining REI business. Longer term, Lend Lease has indicated ...

ANZ still has some hurdles to jump in NBNZ aquisition

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
The New Zealand regulator may have cleared the way for ANZ Banking Group Ltd to acquire the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ) but there are still a few hurdles left for the Australian bank to jump. ANZ is the only bank ready to buy NBNZ from Lloyds ...

Stockland continue property construction expansion

Stockland has announced the acquisition of an 8,442 square metre prime waterfront site located on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin within the Kingston Foreshore Development in Canberra's premier urban redevelopment project for $27 million. "The acquisition ...

NAB to issue STG400 million Tier-1 capital

National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB) said today that it would soon issue STG400 million ($A972.8 million) in Tier One trust Preferred Securities. The security will carry a coupon of 5.62 per cent - 93 basis points over the benchmark United Kingdom security. ...

Australia's current unemployment rate compares favourably with OECD average

Australia's current unemployment rate, announced at a 13-year low 5.8 per cent yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), is far lower than the standardised unemployment rate of 7.2% (July 2003) for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation ...