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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2006
... 1,287.61, and the tech-laden Nasdaq composite index climbed 0.35 to 2,317.04. LONDON - Gains in oil majors such as BP and Royal Dutch Shell, and a fresh pick up in bid speculation centring on bank group Standard Chartered, pushed Britain's FTSE 100 index ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2005
... 2115.83. LONDON - British shares closed higher, grabbing back part of last week's steep losses as oil majors BP and Royal Dutch Shell bounced in anticipation of results this week, while caterer Compass Group gained on bid talk. The FTSE 100 index closed ...

AIG's first China fund jv gets approval: paper

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2004
... yuan ($12.1 million) venture with Huatai Securities, the official Shanghai Securities News reported. Foreign players from Dutch investment bank ING to France\'s Societe Generale now operate ventures to sell mutual funds to Chinese, who have $1.3 trillion ...

Trading Post good fit for Telstra

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
... Trading Post. Telstra announced yesterday its directories arm, Sensis Pty Ltd, had snapped up the Trading Post Group from Dutch company Trader Classified Media NV. The telco has forecast the beefed up Sensis to deliver earnings before interest, tax ...

Unilever switches strategy as FitzGerald goes

Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever switched its focus to boosting shareholder returns on Thursday after failing to meet sales growth targets, lifting its stock, and said Chairman Niall FitzGerald would retire early. Unilever Plc/NV, the food and consumer products ...

Absolute Capital discards capital markets capability

... announcing a strategic alliance with ABN AMRO. The tie with ABN AMRO is expected to give Absolute Capital access to the Dutch financial service giant's global debt distribution capabilities, diminishing the need to retain Absolute Capital Markets Limited. ...

ABN AMRO takes strategic stake in alternative investments manager

Dutch financial services giant ABN AMRO is to take a 50 per cent stake in Absolute Capital, subject to completion of due diligence and shareholder approval, the parties have announced. The move allows ABN AMRO to bridge a perceived gap between the bank's ...

Commonwealth Bank issues $200 million MTN for Dutch bank

The Commonwealth Bank has announced that a $200 million domestic Medium Term Note (MTN) had been issued for Bank NederlandsE Gemeenten NV (BNG). Rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, the MTN is due 15 November 15 2006, and final pricing is expected tomorrow. This is the ...

ABN Amro $1 billion MTN issue may be first of many

... Netherlands-based bank saw it as a strategic deal and would like the bond offer to be the first of many. "My sense is they (Dutch management) will be looking to do another deal down here by the first half of 2004 as a target, subject to market conditions," ...

Morning market wrap: US shares build on earlier gains

... while the S&P 500 finished 4.3 points (0.4%) up at 1,026.3. The positive US news, along with an upbeat report from Anglo-Dutch technology company LogicaCMG, also sent London's FTSE 100 57.7 points higher, the index closing at 4,262.1. Surprisingly, US ...