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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2005
... weaker following a fall in US stocks overnight. BHP Billiton will be a focus after launching a $9.2 billion all-cash takeover bid for WMC Resources after the close of market locally last night. The stock dipped in trading in London overnight. WMC Resources ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2005
... appointed Deutsche Bank to assess the feasibility of acquiring a stake in WMC Resources, which is currently fighting a takeover bid from Swiss-based Xstrata.

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2005
... Australian share market is expected to open firmer today as a strong lead from offshore markets is expected to provide a positive bid tone for the local bourse. Today the market is eyeing off earnings from retailers including Woolworths and Harvey Norman ...

Asgard wins two more accounts for corporate superannuation

Asgard has another two clients on its superannuation platform with PeopleSoft Australia and Moran Health Care Group signing up to use the service. PeopleSoft represents an addition of $20 million in funds with total funds on the platform now at $1.5 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2005
... National Bank of New Zealand, Southcorp is expected to release its target statement after Foster's launched a hostile takeover bid and Coles Myer will release second quarter sales.

Rice Walker Actuaries moves into investment consulting

In a bid to grow its investment consulting business following the choice legislation Rice Walker Actuaries has appointed Glenn Langton to head its investment consulting practice. "Glenn's appointment is an important and critical step in Rice Walker's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2005
... volume of 501 contracts. Today the market will continue to watch for any further developments in the Foster's hostile takeover bid for Southcorp and will also be keeping an eye on other merger talk in the media and mining sectors.

BT Wrap Essentials adds 14 new funds to platform menu

In a bid to offer investors exclusive access to particular funds, BT Financial Group has added 14 new funds to its Wrap Essentials platform taking the total number of funds to 52. BT Financial Group head of wrap distribution Don Sillar says the "expanded ...

Macquarie expands business in New Zealand through PwC purchase

In a bid to expand its wealth management business Macquarie is set to purchase PriceWaterhouseCooper's (PwC) New Zealand financial planning business. The deal came at a time when PwC planned to exit the New Zealand financial planning industry and Macquarie ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2004
In Sydney today the sharemarket is expected to open firmer despite weakness in the US markets as the recent bid tone is expected to continue heading into the Christmas break. The December share price index contract, a key indicator for the day ahead ...