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TO Panel rejects HDF complaint

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... provision of a proper and full independent evaluation of the internalisation of management of HDF in the context of a takeover bid for HDF by Pipeline Partners Australia (PPA)," said the Takeovers Panel. "The Panel considered that the application was ...

Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012

Redundancies tipped at Plan B

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
Job cuts are predicted at Perth-based boutique wealth manager Plan B, if IOOF's proposed bid is successful. The Plan B board has unanimously recommended that shareholders accept the IOOF offer for 60 cents per ordinary share, in an off-market takeover ...

Heads roll at Nomura

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... the departures, potential takeover bids are being reported. "Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) could be priming a takeover bid in order mainly to gain control of Nomura's fabled retail distribution network, at a time when Nomura's stock price has been ...

Believe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
"C'mon baby light my fire..." That exactly was what European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi did when he spoke at the Global Investment Conference in London last night. Read his lips: "To the extent that the size of these sovereign premia ...

HDF to engage with APA on bid

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... engage with APA Group following yesterday's announcement of an increased takeover offer. APA Group raised its cash and scrip bid for east coast gas pipeline owner Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDF) to $1.3bn, conditional on due diligence. The ...

TO Panel silences Mariner

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... the takeovers panel to stop the sale of Austock's property business, which it labeled as a "blatant" attempt to block its bid for all shares in the company. After Darren Olney-Fraser, Mariner chief executive officer, publicly commented on the matter ...

Mariner calls it quits on Austock offer

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Mariner Corporation has withdrawn its takeover offer for Austock after a "blatant attempt" to block its bid. In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) yesterday Mariner Corporation said that the sale of the Austock property management business ...

ACCC clears Hastings offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... HDF, which the Hastings board has recommended that shareholders accept. Morningstar analyst Adrian Atkins told AAP that the bid from Pipeline Partners had been expected, and said the next key event in the Hastings takeover battle would be the findings ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... Spain also had a failed auction last night. It sold just under its a,-3 billion target at sharply higher yields and at lower bid-to-cover ratios than at previous auctions - indications of investors' reluctance to add more Spanish debts to their portfolios ...