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Mini-boom of energy companies to hit boards in next month

A mini-boom of IPOs in the energy sector over the next month will be an important test of investor appetite for oil and gas explorers, according to Deloitte Corporate Finance. Deloitte Corporate Finance partner, Peter Thornely, who specialises in the ...

Burswood unanimously recommends acceptance of PBL offer

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
Directors of Burswood on Friday night unanimously recommended acceptance of Publishing and Broadcasting (PBL) takeover offer. In a joint announcement to the ASX, Burswood and PBL said the two companies had committed to working towards achieving PBL\'s ...

Perpetual Trustee Co issues two tranches of floating rate notes

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2004
Perpetual Trustee Company on Thursday said it had priced two tranches of August 2035 floating rate notes for the Integrity Series 2004-1 Trust. It said the Class A notes, worth $389 million with a weighted average life of 2.5 years and an expected AAA ...

New appointments at FPA

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) on Tuesday announced two new appointments within the group's policy and education department. John Anning has been appointed to the position of policy and government relations manager and Ruth Ferraro has been ...

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 ...

ASIC to release paper on dollar disclosure rules

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2004
The investment watchdog will soon release a paper outlining its approach to new fee disclosure regulations, introduced by the government. The "dollar disclosure" regulations, unveiled last Thursday, mean financial licensees and product issuers must ...

Cayman Islands insurer banned from trading after ASIC action

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2004
A Cayman Islands-registered insurer has been banned from trading in Australia until it becomes properly licensed after a successful action brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Supreme Court of NSW found Triton ...

Macquarie rolls out new infrastructure trust

The Macquarie Adviser Services on Monday announced the launch of the Macquarie Global Infrastructure Trust II. The trust has been set up to provide retail investors access to global infrastructure investments. Macquarie Adviser Services Division director ...

US interest rates likely to rise as inflation builds, poll finds

US economic growth is chugging along but worries about rising inflation pressures have fueled expectations the Federal Reserve will push up interest rates in the next few months. A Reuters poll taken on Thursday, after the first-quarter gross domestic ...

Nigerian letter scam victim pleads guilty

A Victorian financial adviser has plead guilty to five counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception, following his reply to a person purporting to be a representative of a Nigerian government committee, and a subsequent investigation by the ...