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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2005
... sector to continue to grow. As well, an upbeat outlook from Macquarie Bank has got financial services stocks also being well bid. Yesterday the S&P/ASX200 index soared 56.5 points or 1.24 per cent to 4618.9 eclipsing its previous record high 4580.9 set ...

Babcock & Brown buy up ESH

... awaits the decision of ESH's Takeover Panel as to whether entrepreneur Guy Hands can renege on buying the company for which he bid $1,018,234,787.85 earlier in the year. ESH has recently been the subject of much attention in the UK as Hands' investment ...

Westpac Staff Super changes its SRI policy on uranium

... Companies trading in alcohol, tobacco or weapons have in the past been 'negatively screened' by the Westpac's SRI policy in a bid to invest in environmentally sustainable and socially responsible stocks. The change in Westpac's attitude to uranium comes ...

Equipsuper builds corporate super

In a bid to ramp up its success in the corporate superannuation market Equipsuper has appointed John Farrington to the newly created role of manager, client relations. Farrington's previous role was with Citigroup as head of retirement services where ...

IWL set to finalise JDV acquisition

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2005
Financial group IWL Ltd is set to win its long running bid for online broker JDV Ltd after the last remaining key shareholder agreed to sell its stake on Friday. The Royal Bank of Canada accepted IWL's cash offer for its 28.66 per cent stake in the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2005
... earnings. Also, Queensland Cotton and Namoi both hold annual general meetings, not long after Queensland Cotton made a takeover bid for Namoi. On the economics front the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the June quarter consumer price index.

IFM secures Pacific Hydro

Industry Funds Management (IFM) has finally succeeded in its bid to takeover Pacific Hydro after rival Spanish bidder Acciona S.A. decided not to increase its offer price for the renewable energy company and agreed to accept IFM's $5.00 per share offer. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2005
... the June share price index contract was eight points weaker at 4194 on a volume of 828 contracts. On the day BHP Billiton's bid for WMC Resources closes this evening while the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the March quarter house price ind ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2005
... at 4105 on a volume of 1,083 contracts. On the day investors will be waiting for the details of an expected joint takeover bid of Foodland by Metcash and Woolworths, while AWB releases first half results and Programmed Maintenance reveals full year earnings. ...

Pacific Hydro instructs shareholders on IFM bid

Pacific Hydro has released Ernst & Young's independent expert report on Industry Funds Management (IFM) $5 per share bid for the group and its target statement unanimously recommending shareholders accept the bid. The independent valuers report has ...