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Macquarie Bank media fund to grow to $1 bln: report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
Macquarie Bank is expected to grow its media fund to $1 billion with a string of acquisitions before a planned public listing down the track, according to reports today. The fund's first purchase, the $173 million takeover of regional radio operator ...

Challenger appoints new senior analysts

Diversified financial services company Challenger Financial Services Group on Tuesday announced the appointments of Neil Margolis and Stuart Turner to the role of senior analysts with the Challenger Australian equities team. Margolis, previously senior ...

New AMP fund puts small scale investors into China

Small investors in Australia will have the chance to take a gamble on China's boom economy for a minimum of $5,000 when a new unit trust is launched on Monday. AMP Capital Investors' China Fund was conceived to tap into the long-term growth potential ...

Tabcorp and Tab in war of words over takeover bid

Tabcorp Holdings [yesterday] upped pressure on Tab Ltd to accept its takeover bid, saying it could see no reason for the NSW gaming house to keep delaying the decision. But Tab accused Tabcorp of trying to "heavy" its board and reiterated a recommendation ...

Lion Nathan sells portfolio of hotels, takes writedown on value

Beverage group Lion Nathan said today it has signed an agreement to sell its portfolio of 41 non gaming hotels in Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong. The price for the sale to a consortium led by Michael Thiele and Adam Clark is confidential ...

Shareholders, super funds welcome Walter's decision to exit NAB board

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
Shareholders and superannuation funds today welcomed an announcement that dissident National Australia Bank director Cathy Walter would resign. Walter has been at war with seven other non-executive directors on the bank's board after she questioned ...

PBL announces takeover offer for Burswood Casino

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) last night made a takeover move on Burswood Ltd, seven months after becoming the largest stakeholder in the operator of Perth's casino and hotel complex. PBL subsidiary PBL (WA), currently holds 15.6 ...

UNiTAB to give update $2 billion Tab takeover bid

Queensland's UNiTAB Ltd today said it expects to give an update on its $2 billion takeover bid for NSW-based Tab Ltd in the next week. "This update will be made following UNiTAB's consideration of the positive finding made by the independent financial ...

Treasurer announces two appointments to Productivity Commission

The Treasurer, the Hon. Peter Costello, has announced that Robert Fitzgerald AM and Philip Weickhardt have been appointed to the Productivity Commission. Robert Fitzgerald has been appointed for a five-year term, beginning 27 January 2004. He brings ...

Simon Crean hails ALP as the 'Party of the Superannuants' at talk today

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Simon Crean emphasised the importance of superannuation to his party's core value system during the unveiling of the second leg of the ALP's retirement incomes policy labelled 'Superannuation: A Safer System' ...