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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... financial day of the financial year and the market is pretty much flat, with no real lead out of the US," Mr Foulsham said. "Coles is going to come out with news regarding... another potential takeover and the deal with Wesfarmers, (we're) waiting for ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... Reserve Bank of Australia releases the commodity price index for June. The markets await the latest announcement surrounding Coles Group after the company's board spent the weekend assessing a revised takeover offer from Wesfarmers and, according to ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... one cent to $3.14. The retailers were mixed, with supermarket giant Woolworths rising 15 cents to $27.66, but with rival Coles Group slipping one cent to $16.69. Upmarket retailer David Jones was five cents stronger at $5.25. In aviation, Macquarie Airports ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... the system, and that keeps showing up in the market," he said. The retail sector was rattling along with takeover target Coles trading 17 cents higher at $16.88, and rival supermarket giant Woolworths up 20 cents to $27.94. Upmarket trader David Jones ...

Beware the private equity trap

... enterprises (SMEs) should think twice before tying up with a private equity fund. While high profile private equity bids for Coles and Qantas have dominated newspaper pages, Hall Chadwick insolvency partner, Geoff McDonald, said that SMEs in financial ...

Private equity redefines mum-and-dad investing

... at an individual level by masking the performance of an active manager. For example, fund managers who did not invest in Coles because the company had weak fundamentals missed out on gaining an extra one per cent return after the takeover announcement. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... a light steady lead with the US and we've gone with that trend." In the news today, Australia's second largest retailer, Coles Group, reported a small rise in third quarter sales and says its earnings guidance remains unchanged. The takeover target reported ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... Ltd, Petsec Energy, and Iluka Resources Ltd hold their AGMs today. Australia's second largest retailer and takeover target, Coles Group Ltd, will release third quarter sales results, with market players hoping to get a review of the ownership process. ...

ING PEAL backs second Quadrant fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... capital space. "A lot of recent attention has been on large, high profile deals involving companies such as Qantas, Myer, Coles and PBL, raising some alarmist reaction to private equity. Investors should keep in mind that the private equity industry ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... "mostly went to all the right places" and although the Commonwealth Bank and NAB were "skiddish", retailers Woolworths, Coles and Harvey Norman all were up, which could indicate the market believed some of the money might find its way to those centres. ...