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Takeovers Panel agrees to ASIC withdrawing Gribbles complaint

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2004
... ASIC had said it was concerned about the lack of disclosure of the ultimate owners of a controlling stake in a listed company. ASIC yesterday began its own probe into Gribbles after withdrawing its application to the panel.

Telstra appoints Donald McGauchie chairman

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
... for his role in chairing the selection process for the new chairman. McGauchie has been a non-executive director of the company since 1998 and chairman of the advisory board of Telstra Country Wide since 2000.

RG Capital directors endorse Macquarie takeover after report

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
... Bank\'s $173 million bid for Reg Grundy\'s RG Capital Radio is within the independent expert\'s range for the value of the company\'s shares. RG Capital\'s directors on Monday recommended shareholders, in the absence of a higher offer, vote in favour ...

Three former FAI executives committed to stand trial

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
... on evidence given to the 15 month royal commission into Australia\'s biggest corporate disaster. FAI General Insurance Company finance director Tim Mainprize, chief operating officer, Daniel Wilkie, and Reinsurance manager Stephen Burroughs will stand ...

Macquarie Office, Prinicipal say takeover talks incomplete

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2004
Macquarie Office Trust (MOF) has approached Principal America Office Trust (PAO) about a potential takeover of the company, the entity responsible for PAO said. \"There can be no reassurance at this time that any transaction will proceed,\" Principal ...

AFIG plays cards close to chest on GE Money speculation

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2004
Australian Financial Investments Group (AFIG), the mortgage company which owns non-bank lender Wizard Home Loans, on Friday declined to comment on speculation that it is talking to a potential buyer. AFIG, 25% each owned by Deutsch Asset Management ...

Large company's provide better super; Heron

... member because of the greater buying power of their employers, Heron said, while similar workers at a small to medium-sized company could have up to 25% more. Even workers with 20 years to retirement could expect a 23% bigger payout if they worked for ...

Rivkin Fin Services decides against special general meeting

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
... Services (RFS) has announced it will not hold a special shareholder meeting requisitioned by a stakeholder who wants the company\'s board replaced. RFS, established by the disgraced stockbroker Rene Rivkin, initially agreed to the meeting, sought to ...

Auditors deceived about FAI reinsurance, court told

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2004
... Insurance. The committal hearing was told that misleading information given to FAI\'s auditors, Arthur Andersen, allowed the company to record a pre-tax profit of $8.6 million for the year ending June 1998, instead of a $19.9 million loss. Based on those ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2004
... BreakFree and S8 after they were placed in trading halts yesterday amid speculation of a double takeover by investment company City Pacific. Resources stocks could lose ground today with nickel and other base metals backtracking on the London Metals ...