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RBA to hike rates to 5.25 per cent next week: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
... noting the housing market continued to be buoyant. ANZ Bank, the Commonwealth Bank, Westpac Bank, Citigroup, AMP Henderson, UBS and Royal Bank of Canada all tipped another rate rise, taking the cash rate to 5.25 per cent before Christmas. An improving ...

HHG CEO sees good investor interest in raising

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
... to institutional investors in the UK, Australia and international markets - excluding the United States, Canada and Japan. UBS Investment Bank and Cazenove would determine the offer price with the agreement of HHG. At its listing on the Australian Stock ...

Perpetual heads Australian equity rankings in September quarter: FSIU

... in generating returns. According to Dr Pereira, several of the larger comprehensive managers, including AMP, Citigroup and UBS, performed well across a range of asset classes. Among 65 Australian and international fixed interest managers, only seven ...

Fight on for slice of ANZ rights issue underwriting

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2003
... outlook and they have only indicated a moderate earnings outlook for next year around the 5-6 per cent mark," Mr McDonald said. UBS has upgraded 2004 earnings per share (EPS) forecasts by 1.9 per cent in 2004, 1.0 per cent in 2005 and 3.9 per cent in ...

Asgard adjusts benchmarks for SMAs

... of distribution. Asgard has also added several new managers to the portfolios, including Investors Mutual, Bank of Ireland, UBS, Macquarie and Barclays Global Investors. The prospect of tough markets has also led many master trusts and super funds to ...

ANZ poised to buy Lloyds NZ unit

... Brazilian assets to UK rival HSBC Holdings Plc on October 9 for $815 million, and sold its French wealth management business to UBS AG in May. ANZ, Australia's third largest bank, will use proceeds of a recent tier one fund raising and cash from the ...

August House finance supported by low rates: economists

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
... housing and house prices in the months ahead." "All up, today's data continues to suggest the housing sector remains bouyant," UBS senior economist Scott Haslem said. "However, activity has been concentrated in the established' part of the market, with ...

Macquarie in $1 billion American property trust

... investors, approximately 75% institutional and 25% from retail. The offer is jointly and fully underwritten by Macquarie and UBS. The trust is forecast to achieve an annualised return of 9% on the issue price for the period from the allotment date to ...

Low rainfall sparks hopes of high insurance earnings

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... sparked hopes of three of Australia's top insurers producing even better than expected earnings in the coming year. Analysts at UBS have upgraded their earnings estimates for Promina Group Ltd, Insurance Australia Group Ltd (IAG) and QBE Insurance Group ...

TXU appoints advisers to assess partial Australian float

... in its Australian operations but is looking at ways to raise capital to pay down nearly $3 billion in debt and fund growth. UBS, Citigroup and the Calliburn Partnership will assess the merits of an initial public offering (IPO) of up to 49 per cent of ...