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ANZ still has some hurdles to jump in NBNZ aquisition

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2003
... NBNZ from Lloyds TSB, after Westpac Banking Corp Ltd pulled out, but there is still a price to be struck and the United Kingdom heavyweight won't be selling it cheaply. The New Zealand Reserve Bank also has to give its approval for any acquisition. Shaw ...

NAB to issue STG400 million Tier-1 capital

... trust Preferred Securities. The security will carry a coupon of 5.62 per cent - 93 basis points over the benchmark United Kingdom security. The deal was increased from an original STG300 million target. "An issue of Tier 1 capital is consistent with ...

Australia's current unemployment rate compares favourably with OECD average

... Germany from 8.6% to 9.4% and in Canada from 7.6% to 7.8%. In May 2003, the standardised unemployment rate in the United Kingdom was 4.9%, 0.2 percentage points lower than a year earlier. In April 2003, the standardised unemployment rate in Italy was ...

ANZ responds to NZ poor management report

... and Westpac Banking Corp Ltd have put in submissions to the New Zealand regulator to buy the National Bank from United Kingdom-based Lloyds TSB, which has an asking price in the $6-$7 billion range. Shares in ANZ firmed 10 cents to $17.88 by 1437 AES ...

NAB chief leaves open on-market AMP share buying option

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2003
... a strategic investment and the bank was waiting for demerger documents concerning AMP's ailing business in the United Kingdom. "It doesn't preclude us from buying more shares on-market but we have said we are comfortable with our current holding and ...

AMP Ltd discusses outside interest in its UK businesses

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2003
AMP Ltd today said its underlying group earnings and United Kingdom writedowns for the first half were broadly in line with guidance previously given to the market. AMP will release its results for the six months to 30 June 2003, on 20 August. "However ...

Australian banks jostle for pole position in NBNZ race

... the NZ Commerce Commission if it was interested in NBNZ because of its stronger presence in the country. NBNZ's United Kingdom-based owner Lloyds TSB has a price tag believed to be around $6 billion on New Zealand's second biggest bank but regulatory ...

Coop lands at InTech

... Research. Mr Coop has extensive experience in investment research and asset allocation, in Australia and also in the United Kingdom, and has worked as both a fund manager and as an asset consultant. He was most recently at IPAC Securities and BT Funds ...

APRA welcomes three new appointments to its board

... professor at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). He has acted as a consultant to competition authorities in the United Kingdom, Canada and Argentina and has lectured on economics at the UTS for more than 10 years. Mr Somogyi is currently the ...

ASIC takes legal action against company for cold calling investors

... promoting shares in US-backed companies by way of cold calling and hawking to investors in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. ASIC had also obtained orders in the Supreme Court of New South Wales appointing Robert Elliott of Hall Chadwick receiver and ...