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Pension deficits halts M&A activity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... March to a deficit of more than $100 billion at the end of June. As a result, pension liabilities of the median FTSE 350 company is estimated to be 25 per cent of market capitalisation. The most exposed FTSE 350 firms recorded a per cent deficit of market ...

Atom joins SII global group

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... officer of Sanlam Investments. Atom, formerly known as Indian Ocean Rim Asset Management, strategy is heavily focused on company research which is conducted in its offshore offices in Bangalore. "The opportunities for global knowledge sharing will deliver ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... Statistics releases data on merchandise imports for July, and the Melbourne Institute issues its quarterly wages report. In company news today, OneSteel, Consolidated Media, Boral, Hutchison Telecommunications, Melbourne IT, JB Hi Fi, GWA International ...

Perpetual and BT large cap five star; S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... quality companies and ability to generate stable cash flows over the long term. This five star rating follows Perpetual's company restructure in June where it divided its business into four divisions; Australian shares, structured products and platforms ...

Board changes at Findlay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Listed broking firm Findlay Securities has announced that company founder Ivor Findlay will be stepping down from his role as executive chair and will be replaced by former IWL chief Otto Buttula. The changing of the guard is just one of several changes ...

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... Paul Cutts, the local managing director for Northern Trust, the custodian of the Future Fund, declined to comment as the company is yet to offer its securities lending services in Australia. But this year, the chairman of the the Australian Securities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... case for higher interest rates and a recovering US dollar. Silver and copper also declined. BHP Billiton, the biggest company listed on the exchange, shed 94 cents, or 2.43 per cent, to $37.76 while its takeover target and third biggest company Rio Tinto ...

Kenya budgets right for investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... 31.5 per cent in May. Finally, the investment quota for shares, debentures and bonds by insurance companies in any one company will be raised to 10 per cent of their total admitted assets. "These increases could result to higher demand for these instruments ...

Till taxes do us part

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... value of their assets and the net worth of the parties. For example, if one spouse takes a car that is owned by a family company, the transfer of ownership is considered a taxable dividend, albeit possibly frankable," he said.

Covered short-selling unmasked

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... companies since 1985. "[This] makes the list much more difficult to monitor and regulate," he said. Using an example on how a company's shareprice can be manipulated, Bryant said that anyone with $27,500 in their bank account can short-sell twice the ...