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AXA parent may have to pay more for Aust subsidiary - analyst

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2004
The takeover offer by French insurer AXA SA for its Australian subsidiary will need to be ratcheted up if it is to be accepted by independent directors and shareholders, one broking house said on Monday. In its $3.1 billion bid, AXA SA, which owns 51% ...

After 10 years AXA seeks 100% control of Asia Pacific unit

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2004
... AXA Asia Pacific Holdings and now Australia\'s second largest life insurer, the company could become wholly owned by its French-based parent with AXA SA sounding out its offshoot about a $3.1 billion takeover. AXA SA wants to mop up the remaining shares ...

Fatter profits at European banks could feed takeover ambitions

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2004
... begin looking for acquisitions even though fiscal and regulatory disparities would hamper cross-border mergers. British, French and Spanish banks in particular have one after another reported firm profit growth thanks to economic recovery which has helped ...

WRAP: Overnight debt and forex

... dip in the US market on Monday morning. In the UK the FTSE 100 dropped by 2.3%, the German DAX 30 plunged by 2.9% and the French CAC 40 slid by 2.7%. The FTSE Eurotop 100 index fell by 2.5%. The Australian market was marginally weaker after the overnight ...

European interest rates to remain steady, ECB chief hints

The European Central Bank is positioning itself to keep interest rates steady at its monthly meeting next week despite growing uncertainty about eurozone growth prospects, its president hinted Tuesday along with several other ECB officials. "Although ...

ANZ poised to buy Lloyds NZ unit

... agreed to sell almost all its Brazilian assets to UK rival HSBC Holdings Plc on October 9 for $815 million, and sold its French wealth management business to UBS AG in May. ANZ, Australia's third largest bank, will use proceeds of a recent tier one fund ...

Federal court approves schemes of arrangement for BankWest

... arrangement by which HBOS plc takes over the shares it does not already own in Bank of Western Australia. Justice Robert French today approved schemes of arrangement for BankWest, which proposed by 57 per cent owner HBOS, after the Western Australian ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds edge lower

... falling to a one-month low of 118.1 against the Japanese yen. The euro slumped to just $US1.1115, after it was reported French GDP fell by 0.3% in the June quarter. The Australian dollar also climbed back above $US0.6600, trading almost half a cent higher ...

Investment Analysis: The small cap explosion

... reap rich rewards in the long term." Based on empirical analysis conducted by American academics Eugene Fama and Kenneth French on the performance over the long term and its implications to investors here in Australia, Pereira noted that US$100 invested ...