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ANZ buys 100% of Linwar Securities

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
ANZ Banking Group has purchased the remaining 50% of Linwar Securities in what the bank said was a natural progression for the company. ANZ already held a 50% stake in Linwar through its 2007 acquisition of E-trade, which bought the stake in Linwar ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... were a shock to already nervous investors. A very sharp spike in Spanish short-term borrowing costs at the first cash raising exercise by the new right-wing government elected at the weekend were an unwelcome reminder the crisis will not let up. News ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... underwritten four-for-five accelerated renounceable entitlement offer to raise $600 million to repay debt. The capital raising would be priced at 40 cents per share, a 34 per cent discount on the last trading price of 61 cents, the company said. Qantas ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... Shanghai dealers were little moved by the Chinese central bank's announcement that it would "fine-tune" monetary policy, raising hopes that credit restrictions imposed in the past year will be relaxed. In currency markets, the euro fetched $1.3485 and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... 0.39 per cent, higher at $20.78. ANZ Banking Group is the first of the Australian banks to complete a covered bond issue, raising $US1.25 billion ($A1.23 billion) from United States debt markets. In resources news, Atlas Iron has bought Gondwana Resources' ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... Rome provided some respite. However, trade was cautious after growth forecasts for the eurozone were massively slashed, raising the prospect of another recession. Tokyo finished 0.16 per cent, or 13.67 points, higher at 8,514.47 and Sydney gained 1.23 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... European countries to rescue. In Greece, power-sharing talks fell apart between the country's two main political parties, raising doubt about whether the country will be able to receive the next instalment of emergency loans it needs to avoid default. ...

Transparent social investment forum launched

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... in Australia, but there has never been a level of transparency to these recommendations so I would like to think we are raising the benchmark in this practice," said chief executive, Ben Freischmidt, to Financial Standard. "The site is designed to appeal ...

Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... able to convince the Greek parliament to pass his plan that involved slashing a,-14.32 billion in public spending and raising a,-14.09 in taxes over five years. Zero. And then, wham bam, dear George crossed his fingers and announced that Europe's handshake ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... austerity measures. However, Papandreou shocked the world on Monday by saying he would put the bailout deal to a referendum, raising the prospect it would be rejected by a nation already fed up with swingeing cuts. Adding to Friday's buying sentiment ...