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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Leighton Holdings' sharp decline after resuming trading, following a downgrade in its earnings guidance and proposed capital raising, also was a negative for the local bourse. At 1211 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 45.7 points, or 0.93 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... halt and last traded at $28.94. "It looked as though everyone has brushed the Leighton forecast downgrade and capital raising," Ms Chan said. "They have just ignored that completely." Ms Chan said the major retail banks were weaker, perhaps due to some ...

Century Funds vies to take manager role from Opus

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... manager. John McBain, chief executive at Century, said that the fund is in need of an injection of capital through capital raising, lease out property and improving value and putting the property in a stable environment to rise out the next two to three ...

Towers Watson builds investment team

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Towers Watson Investment has expanded its Australian investment team by four with plans to add another two within months. Former head of Mercer's New Zealand Retirement /Actuarial Consulting business, Paul Newfield is assuming the role of senior investment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... its update this morning relieved the market of the uncertainty about the prospect of them having to do equity capital raising to facilitate the US insurance purchase." Mr Spiteri said the market overall was being pushed higher by gains in its largest ...

Perpetual raises $170 million for mortgage fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Perpetual Investments has closed capital raisings for its new Secured Private Debt Fund, with industry and corporate super funds, high net worth individuals and dealer groups subscribing to the tune of $170 million. The closed-ended fund will lend to ...

Bell Potter faces $22m class action

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... company, Progen Pharmaceuticals (PGL) in 2007. Shortly after, Bell Potter was appointed as co-underwriter of a capital raising by Progen. Legal firm Slater & Gordon filed the court documents on October 6, claiming that Bell Potter's conduct was "misleading ...

Macquarie takes 17.5pc stake in Bluestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... Macquarie's investment is through the subscription of newly issued ordinary shares. Bluestone said the proceeds of the capital raising will be used to support its expansion in Europe and build on its success in Australia and New Zealand. The size of ...

AMP unveils $6.34 per share bid for AXA

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... contribution to the transaction and one half of the expected integration costs, and will not undertake a separate equity capital raising to fund the deal. In an ASX statement, AMP said that, as widely expected, it proposes to merge AXA's Australian and ...

ANZ invests more in BoT

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... Tianjin (BoT). The latest investment will maintain ANZ's current 20 per cent stake in BoT, which is launching a capital raising as part of its strategic growth agenda, seeking to raise a total of A$629 million. Last month, ANZ said it would also invest ...