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Aberdeen parent in takeover announcement

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, the parent company of Australian-based Aberdeen Asset Management Ltd and which was formerly Equitilink, has moved formally to acquire rival Edinburgh Fund Managers Group PLC. The offer, which has been unanimously recommended ...

TXU to float Australian business to pay $3 billion debt

Texan energy giant TXU Inc is looking to float part of its Australian business in early 2004, to pay down nearly $3 billion in debt and fund growth. But the Dallas-based parent still wants to keep a controlling stake, according to its Melbourne-based ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries trail upwards

The All Ordinaries continued its trek upwards on the back of news of positive and upbeat business activity. The National Australia Bank said that Australian business activity is registering its strongest outcomes in nearly a decade. Australia's largest ...

AMP refuses to name UK business buyers

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2003
AMP Ltd today remained tightlipped about whether it had lined up three potential buyers for its troubled British life insurance businesses. Earlier today it was reported that South African insurer and funds manager Old Mutual, American buyout specialist ...

AMP shares bounce back as investor focus moves to domestic earnings

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2003
Shares in AMP Ltd bounced back today as investors focused on the strength of the group's Australian earnings instead of concerns about the prospects of another capital raising. The stock, which was pummelled earlier in the week and hit near record lows ...

Schroder equity funds win five-star ratings from ASSIRT

ASSIRT has awarded a five-star rating to two Australian equity funds managed by Schroder Investment Management Australia, the research house has announced. ASSIRT noted the Schroder Australian Equity Fund and the Wholesale Australian Equity Fund, while ...

RBA leaves rates unchanged

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 4.75 per cent for the 13th consecutive month following its monthly meeting yesterday. The RBA last altered rates with a 25 basis point hike on June 5 2002. Over ...

Exporters to be hard hit by RBA decision: Ai Group

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2003
Australia's exporters would be hit hard by the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) failure to cut interest rates, the Australian Industry Group predicted today. The RBA this morning left interest rates unchanged at 4.75 per cent, 3.75 percentage points ...

Farmers' Federation joins rate cut chorus

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2003
The National Farmers' Federation today became yet another industry group to call for an interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), fearing current interest rates and their upward pressure on the Australian dollar would hurt farmers and ...

RBA board meeting brings mixed forecasts

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2003
Economists believe the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board is unlikely to cut interest rates when it meets today for the first time since its American counterpart cut US rates to 1 per cent. HSBC economist Anthony Thompson predicted the Reserve would ...