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AMP faces $1 billion writedown

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
Troubled financial services group AMP Ltd will reportedly take another $1 billion hit on the value of its United Kingdom business. The Australian Financial Review reported today the writedown will come as part of AMP's planned demerger of its Australasian ...

AMP shares soar as Mohl details demerger plan

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2003
... financial services group. Mr Mohl said while AMP had received approaches from various potential predators to buy its United Kingdom businesses in recent weeks, the conditional offers had not been attractive enough for AMP to scrap its demerger plan. ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: ASX in positive territory

... proposed demerger with confirmation it had received regulatory approval for the move in both Australia and the United kingdom. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed 8.9 points higher at 3260.2 and the all ordinaries lifted 9.3 points to 3266.2. On the ...

Midday Market Report: Resource sector boosted by metal prices; bonds open weaker

... concerns over its proposed demerger with confirmation it had received regulatory approval from both Australia and the United kingdom. At 1201 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 10.7 points higher at 3262 and the all ordinaries had risen 11.4 points ...

ARPA receives enforceable undertaking

... undertaking prevented any assumption of debt by the Australian entities and transfers of capital to its entities in the United Kingdom without APRA's prior approval. In accordance with this undertaking, APRA will approve the specific transactions necessary ...

AMP details $1.2 billion rights issue as part of demerger

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
... preferred securities as part of its planned demerger. AMP also said it is injecting a further net $84 million into its United Kingdom operations. AMP intends to demerge its Australasian operations from its UK operations and said today it was on track ...

NAB commits to expanding wealth management capabilities

... AMP, today saying it will continue to invest in the bank's wealth management capabilities in Australia and the United Kingdom. In an update of the group's earnings outlook, NAB also said the wealth management division was continuing to make good progress ...

AMP asks for more debt

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2003
... AMP Ltd has reportedly asked Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA) to accept a higher level of debt in its United Kingdom operations. AMP wanted permission to increase the debt in a "last ditch effort to gain approval for its $10 billion demerger" ...

Lloyds TSB announces new strategy today

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2003
... to give an update on the $6 billion sale of its National Bank of New Zealand when it announces a new strategy to United Kingdom investors tonight, the Australian Financial Review reported. Australia's ANZ Banking Group Ltd is believed to the only serious ...

AMP stock jumps 30 per cent in September quarter

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
... shares, and is believed to be interested in acquiring AMP's Australian business once it splits from the troubled United Kingdom arm. Compared to the stock's $4.35 low during the quarter, AMP shares had increased 52 per cent by the end of the quarter ...