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UK pension funds to dump equity: IMA

... the next few years. The implications for the Australian market could be similar given the current diminishing number of heavy-equity weighted defined benefits schemes and increasing attraction of fixed interest weighted portfolio's in response to lacklustre ...

Aust IPO-heavy in previous two quarters: survey

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2004
The billion dollar floats of Virgin Blue, Pacific Brands and Zinifex plus a rash of public offers from smaller companies helped Australia punch above its weight in the global IPO arena in the six months to 31 March. Australia and New Zealand chalked ...

Tabcorp and Tab in war of words over 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 to shareholders to take no action and wait seven days for an independent report. ...

Market Wrap

In Sydney today, Australian stocks are likely to climb a little this morning after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan overnight soothed US market fears of an imminent rate rise and offered an optimistic economic outlook. Negative sentiment from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
In Sydney today, Australian stocks are set to stumble after US markets dropped sharply overnight following comments from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that were taken to imply that interest rates there could soon rise. The Australian share ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2004
Technology shares climbed on Monday, snapping back from steep losses last week, but blue chips and the broad Standard & Poor's 500 index ended nearly unchanged as investors braced for more earnings news and fretted over the prospect of higher interest ...

Summer crop up 32%: ABARE

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
Australia's 2003/04 summer crop production would rise by 32% to 3.8 million tonnes on the back of heavy summer rain, Australia's chief rural commodities forecaster ABARE said today. ABARE's February crop report said summer crop production would be one ...

New AMP shares slump by more than $1.00 in early trade

... will make its own stock market debut in Australia and London on December 23. AMP's shares were at $4.68 by 1006 AEDT on heavy volume of 12.8 million. The shares had been expected to fall as their previous closing price of $5.77 had included the value ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar, bonds weaker at noon

... gained 34 points to 10,042.16 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 2.93 points to 1074.14. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index ended up 6.68 points, or 0.34 per cent, at 1949.0. In London, the FTSE 100 index closed 16.3 points ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market up buoyed by strong gains on Wall Street

The Australian stock market was more than half a per cent higher in early afternoon trade, buoyed by strong gains on Wall Street overnight. Heavyweight media stock News Corp, the major banks and Telstra all pushed higher, offsetting falls in the resource ...