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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits new high overnight

... been evacuated, and that reinforced those geopolitical risks. "Aussie was at a fresh high, so was the euro and kiwi and the Swiss franc was very strong." In Sydney today, Woolworths is expected to provide investors with an update on trading when it holds ...

ASIC conducts searches in Sydney for Alpine Investigation

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
... told the then Australian Securities Commission that he did not know who owned the stake, which was held in the names of two Swiss banks. At the time, the ASC began legal action to force the banks to reveal the investors' identities but was unsuccessful ...

ASIC announces probe into Offset Alpine Printing

... burnt down on Christmas Day in 1993. A parcel of shares allegedly owned by the three businessmen, but in the name of two Swiss Banks, was sold for a presumed profit in 1995, after Offset Alpine was the subject of a successful takeover bid. The Australian ...

ASIC re-opens probe into Offset Alpine Printing Group

... burnt down on Christmas Day in 1993. A parcel of shares allegedly owned by the three businessmen, but in the name of two Swiss Banks, was sold for a presumed profit in 1995, after Offset Alpine was the subject of a successful takeover bid. The Australian ...

AMP shares placed in trading halt in NZ

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
... announcement, the NZX said in a statement. AMP shares closed yesterday at NZ$7.70. On Wednesday speculation arose that insurer Swiss Re had emerged as a frontrunner to purchase AMP's $A600 million ($NZ700 million) Cobalt/Gordian global reinsurance book. ...

AMP shares up on hopes of reinsurance sale

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
... million. AMP's shares were eight cents or 1.21 per cent higher at $6.70 by 1057 AEST. Analysts said if speculation that Swiss Re was a potential buyer of AMP's reinsurance book it would lessen the amount of capital that the troubled financial services ...

Zenith assigns high rating to hedge fund venture

... neutral fund and an enhanced neutral fund, are the products of a joint venture between Select Asset Management (SAM) and the Swiss-based Gottex group. SAM was co-founded by Clayton Friend, who also worked for the Gottex group in the late 1990s. Mr Friend ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds end lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2003
... to 4.49%. The US dollar ended mixed, gaining ground against the euro but edging lower against the Japanese yean and the Swiss franc. The euro was fetching $1.1346, while the yen rose 0.4% to 119.85. The Australian dollar was also trading about 10 ticks ...

Morning market Wrap: US stocks, bonds steady

... late last week. The US dollar ended New York trade mixed against major currencies, losing ground against the euro and the Swiss franc but creeping higher against the yen. But the Australian dollar suffered broad-based weakness overnight, losing over ...

S&P places BBB-plus ratings on Deutsche MTN program

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2003
... provided to MTN holders. Meanwhile S&P lowered its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Swiss Re Australia Ltd to AA from AA-plus, following similar ratings action on Zurich-based global reinsurer Swiss Reinsurance ...