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Foreign investors splash $13.8b on M&A

Foreign companies have spent a record $13.8 billion in acquiring Australian companies in the first 11 months of 2006, up 91 per cent compared to last year's figures, according to research by KPMG's Corporate Finance practice. "This increase in foreign ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
Australian stocks were still in positive territory by midday, buoyed by news that national airline Qantas has received a takeover approach. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 68.8 points higher at 5426.8, while the all ordinaries rose 65.3 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... T3 prospectus later in the day. The telco's stock was down two cents to $3.81, while stock in rival Singapore Telecommunication, owner of Optus, was up one cent to $2.08. Tony Russell from ABN AMRO Morgans Ipswich said resource stocks were keeping the ...

IFM in A$5.5bn bid for fourth-largest English and Welsh water supplier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
Industry Funds Management (IFM) has announce that a consortium it is involved with is bidding to takeover AWG in the UK, the fourth-largest water supplier and sewage company in England and Wales. Other consortium partners also include Osprey Acquisitions ...

Southern Cross aims to invest early with VC fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
Southern Cross Venture Partners has launched a $200 million venture capital fund with a focus on early stage investments and propelling new Australian businesses on to the global stage. Southern Cross Venture Partners aims to leverage its strong existing ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open slightly firmer as some bargain hunting after recent losses is expected to offset any weakness generated from offshore leads. However, with US stocks remaining weak and global commodity prices broadly unchanged ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open weaker as softer global equity markets as well as some weakness in oil prices overnight combine to produce negative sentiment for the local bourse. As has been the case this week there is some stock-specific news ...

Grange scores new equities director and researcher

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2006
Grange Securities is rebuilding its equities team with the appointment of a director to head the institutional equities team. Peter Talbot, formerly a director of Patersons, head of domestic equities sales at JP Morgan and before that at County NatWest/Saloman ...

Platypus beefs up analyst team

Boutique local equities manager Platypus Asset Management has recruited an analyst and due to appoint another ahead of its planned expansion outside the wholesale market and into retail. Philip Pepe has joined Platypus as a senior analyst having worked ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2006
The Australian share market should open sharply lower this morning as heavy selling in commodities across the board could lead to some broad red strokes on the domestic bourse this morning. Oil, precious and base metal prices all tumbled on profit taking ...