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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2004
The Australian stockmarket is expected to open firmer after a strong performance on European markets and a bid tone in the United States are expected to give the local market a solid lead in. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price ...

Macquarie joins property trust consolidation

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
The Macquarie Bank-managed Macquarie Office Trust has accelerated its drive into the US market with an $850 million bid to acquire Principal America Office Trust. In the latest of several mergers and takeovers in the property trust sector, Macquarie ...

HBOS CEO damps hopes of UK bid for Abbey

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
HBOS chief executive James Crosby dampened hopes of a UK bid for Abbey National on Wednesday as he forecast strong HBOS performance in 2004 and 2005 after a rise in first-half profits. Crosby said a bid for Abbey by HBOS or a UK rival was unlikely after ...

$500 mln in Treasury bonds offered for tender today

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2004
The Australian Office of Financial Management said on Monday $500 million February 2017 6% Treasury bonds will be offered for tender today. The RBA will not take up any of the offer. Settlement is July 29, 2004. Bids close at 1215 AEST tomorrow with ...

NAB's former UK target Abbey National faces new takeover

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
... world\'s biggest bank Citigroup. British newspapers over the weekend that said that Citigroup is considering an STG8.5 billion bid which would trump a reported STG8 billion offer by Spain\'s biggest bank Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH). The interest ...

Chief executive Hawker shuffles the deck at IAG

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2004
Chief executive Michael Hawker has shuffled the top ranks at Insurance Australia Group (IAG) in a bid to better align management with the insurer\'s business in 2004. IAG\'s structure has been divided along personal and commercial lines. Personal insurance ...

RG Capital directors endorse Macquarie takeover after report

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2004
Macquarie Bank\'s $173 million bid for Reg Grundy\'s RG Capital Radio is within the independent expert\'s range for the value of the company\'s shares. RG Capital\'s directors on Monday recommended shareholders, in the absence of a higher offer, vote ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2004
... Burswood will come to a head when Kerry Packer\'s Publishing & Broadcasting must decide whether to again extend its $715 million bid. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract - an indicator of activity ahead - was seven ...

Auditors deceived about FAI reinsurance, court told

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2004
... year ending June 1998, instead of a $19.9 million loss. Based on those accounts HIH Insurance made a successful $300 million bid for FAI in September 1998, but collapsed in March 2001. Mainprize and Wilkie faced one count each of providing false and ...

Bruandwo offer grossly inadequate

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2004
The Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group said today a takeover bid by a joint venture between Woolworths and The Bruce Mathieson Group, called Bruandwo, is opportunistic and grossly inadequate. Last week, Bruandwo Pty announced its intention to ...