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News Corp will win bid to move to US, analysts

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2004
Rupert Murdoch is expected to win shareholder support to shift News Corp\'s corporate headquarters to the United States - but not without a tussle with funds, market observers said on Friday. Some fund managers have loudly opposed the plan since index ...

Aust govt to support ALP amendments on FTA

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
The government will support Labor\'s amendments to the free trade agreement with the United States despite concerns about the impact of the changes, Prime Minister John Howard said today. \"The government has decided that the common sense thing to do ...

Boutiques rewarded for good performance; Rainmaker

Boutique fund managers are gaining an increasing share of Australian equity funds under management and could soon command almost half the Australian equity investment market, Rainmaker Information said. According to Rainmaker data to the end of March ...

Bank deposits outstrip investment flows; Rainmaker

Data provided by Rainmaker Information reveals bank deposits are still growing at almost two-thirds the pace faster than investment flows despite the impressive returns super funds have achieved in the previous 12 months. According to data going back ...

Rush on for Immediate Annuities: Aviva

The $1 billion complying Immediate Annuity market will reduce by 50% post 20 September when the current 100% asset test exemption is reduced by half, Aviva said yesterday. Aviva raised its ranking to third from ninth in the annuities market during May ...

Macquarie Securitisation upsizes bond issue to $1 billion

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2004
Macquarie Securitisation has increased its latest PUMA bond issue from $750 million to $1 billion following strong investor demand. Macquarie Securitisation is the manager of the PUMA residential mortgage backed securitisation program. The PUMA Masterfund ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2004
The Australian stockmarket is expected to open higher on the last trading day of the financial year as a bid tone from the US market flows through to the local bourse. However, weaker commodity prices could have an impact on the resource sector, limiting ...

Fitch ups News Corp rating to BBB from BBB-minus

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2004
Fitch Ratings upgraded the senior unsecured debt rating for News Corp and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, News America Incorporated ("NAI") and News Corporation Finance Trust II ("Trust") to 'BBB' from 'BBB-minus'. The rating outlook is stable. News ...

Tab ups the ante by rejecting Tabcorp takeover bid

Tab today upped the ante in its resistance to a takeover by Tabcorp Holdings with a unanimous board recommendation that shareholders reject the current offer. The Tab board said it regarded the Tabcorp offer of $4.64 per share as inadequate and failed ...

Westfield locks in $140 million worth of interest savings

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2004
Westfield Holdings Ltd today announced it had completed option contracts which would underpin the $140 million in interest savings it expects to gain under a merger of the three Westfield entities. The company last week announced that Westfield Holdings ...