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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2005
... most investors will be watching Westpac shares when they resume trading this morning, after an embarrassing gaffe by the company forced it to release its annual results a day early. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

AvSuper looks for perennial returns

... Perhaps unusual for a "growth" manager, but what we are trying to do is determine how that will affect the valuation of the company in two, three or five years' time." Michelburough added that he sees positive opportunities in growth companies. "The ...

AGL restructures to ride the infrastructure wave

The Australian Gas Light Company (AGL) is riding the wave of demand for income generating infrastructure investments by announcing an overhaul of how it bundles its infrastructure operations. The announcement come on the back of a flurry of interest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2005
... Index was up 33.24 points at 2123.12. LONDON - Bid fever swept UK stocks higher as mobile phone operator O2, shipping company P&O and glass maker Pilkington all received approaches, sending their shares surging and driving the market to its best one-day ...

PE manager Ironbridge Capital completes acquisition of BBQs Galore

... US, the first time an Australian private equity firm has completed a public-to-private transaction for a NASDAQ-listed company. Barbeques Galore is a well-known retailer of barbecues and accessories with more 165 retail and licensed stores across Australia ...

Trust shifts focus and reports stronger results

Trust Company of Australia announced an operating net profit after tax of $20.4 million for the six months ended in 31 August 2005. Trust has reshaped its financial services involvement over the last two years to align its ongoing businesses to trustee ...

ASIC comes down on financial services fraud

... in the Courts last week, a Victorian man has pleaded guilty to two charges laid by ASIC for misusing his positional as company officer to gain an advantage for another. Peter Pajazit Agushi, a one time director of Melbourne based Pacific Estates, falsely ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2005
... equipment maker Caterpillar posted disappointing earnings and cut its profit outlook, while tech stocks gained as Web-search company Google reported better-than-expected results. Persistent worries about inflation and higher interest rates, which helped ...

Buy NZ debt: Rapid Ratings

... report rated pay television provider Sky TV Networks (Sky) as the top rated debt issuer at A3 (87), indicating that the company carries low risk but high quality assets. Sky was followed by TCNZ Finance, a subsidiary of Telecom NZ, scoring A3 (86), followed ...

Zurich appoints life risk head

... of Life Risk as it grows its life risk business. Andrew McKee will head the life risk business and assist in what the company describes as an "aggressive" life risk push in coming years. Head of Zurich Australia's Investment Management and Life business ...