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NAB's former UK target Abbey National faces new takeover

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2004
United Kingdom bank Abbey National, once a takeover target for the National Australia Bank, could be swallowed up by the world\'s biggest bank Citigroup. British newspapers over the weekend that said that Citigroup is considering an STG8.5 billion bid ...

BT, Invesco rank highest; Mercer

BT Financial Group and Invesco funds have closed the financial year at the top of the Mercer pooled fund survey for 2003/2004. According to the June edition of Mercer Investment Consulting's pooled fund survey released on Tuesday, average superannuation ...

Advance and Maple-Brown Asset launch Asian equity fund

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2004
Fund managers Advance Asset Management and Maple-Brown Abbott (MBA) have launched a new Asian equity fund for retail and wholesale investors. Advance, the specialist fund management arm of the St George Group, and wholesale investment group MBA said ...

Budget under pressure: Abbott

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
The 2003/04 federal Budget was under considerable pressure, Health Minister Tony Abbott said today. He said the ongoing fight against terrorism and renewing programs had put demands on this year's Budget. "My understanding is that this year's Budget ...

Government confident of garnering Democrats support for unfair dismissals bill

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2003
The Commonwealth Government said that it was confident of winning the Democrats' support for its proposed changes to unfair dismissal laws, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott said today. "I can assure you the government will reintroduce the bill ...

Macquarie Airports offers $54 million for further stake in Sydney Airport

Macquarie Airports (MAp) has made a $54 million placement to acquire an additional stake in Sydney Airport it was announced today. "Over the past 12 months Sydney Airport has shown itself to be resilient to shocks and produced improving yields per passenger," ...

Growth funds record highest returns (5.8%) since December 2001: InTech survey

In its latest performance survey of growth funds InTech has said that the median growth fund has returned 5.8 per cent for the three months to May 2003, the largest return since the December 2001 quarter following the September 11 terrorist attacks. ...

QIC appoints two specialists for $300 million implemented fund

QIC has awarded two specialist small cap mandates to Perennial Value Management and Portfolio Partners as part of its $300 million QIC Implemented Australian Equities Fund. The two mandates complete the manager line-up for the fund that was launched ...

UBS Global Asset Management takes InvestorWeb honours

InvestorWeb Research has announced UBS Global Asset Management as its 'six star' fund manager for 2003. "The InvestorWeb Research six star Fund Manager for 2003 is the premium award and recognises asset management excellence across several asset classes. ...

Growth funds record highest returns since October 2001: InTech

The median growth fund returned 2.9 per cent for April, the largest monthly gain since October 2001, InTech said today. The median growth fund return for the 2001/02 financial year was -4.1%. The median fund returned 1.6% in March and InTech believes ...