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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2005
... takeover announcements worth more than $US15 billion and a decline in oil prices boosted investors' confidence in the economy. Swiss drug maker Novartis will acquire all the remaining public shares of US vaccine maker Chiron for a total of $US5.1 billion. ...

New absolute return bond fund for Julius Baer

... with UBS to acquire their Global Asset Management hedge fund business and combined with their recent acquisition of three Swiss-based private banks this will take their combined FUM up to $A300 billion.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2005
... Deutsche Bank to assess the feasibility of acquiring a stake in WMC Resources, which is currently fighting a takeover bid from Swiss-based Xstrata.

Australian Unity joint venture spawns fixed interest manager

... Schneider's most recent position was with NAB as head of balance sheet management oversight and before then he had stints with Swiss Re Australia and New Zealand. Swan was senior portfolio manager with Perennial Investments before joining Vianova and ...

Colonial's hedge fund heads towards the retail sector

... in Australia manages hedge fund, the fund gains global exposure to the hedge funds market through a relationship with the Swiss based Harcourt investment consulting. Bell said the three-year return places the fund in the top quartile of returns in the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2004
... 10 points firmer at 3840 on a volume of 1,197 contracts. Today the market will be focused on WMC Resources, after Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata said it would take its $7.4 billion takeover offer directly to shareholders after the WMC board refused to consider ...

Adveq to expand European investment program

Swiss based funds investment manager Adveq is set to expand its European investment program with the launch of its third European fund of funds planned for the first quarter of 2005. Adveq believes high returns in leading funds relating to venture capital ...

Market Wrap

... reached a low of US$0.6981 and a high of 0.7077 during offshore trading. Overnight the Australian dollar, as well as the euro, Swiss franc and yen, climbed against the US dollar after softer than expected data led to a bout of profit taking in that currency. ...

Zurich Financial says first-half net profit up 93%

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2004
Swiss insurance giant Zurich Financial Services today reported a first-half net profit of $US1.5 billion ($A2.1 billion), up 93% from $US752 million ($A1.05 billion) in the same period last year, and roughly in line with analysts\' expectations. The ...

US dollar tumbles on concerns over terrorist attacks on US soil

After a brief rebound overnight, the US dollar tumbled to fresh multi-month lows against the euro and Swiss franc today amid a new government warning about possible terrorist attacks on US soil. The news added to investor concerns about slowing US growth ...