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London trader nets $A70 million bonus

A financial trader for US investment bank Goldman Sachs has earnt Britain's biggest ever bonus worth at least STG30 million ($A71 million), it was reported. Driss Ben-Brahim, who personally generated hundreds of millions in profits for the bank in 2003 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
... weak lead from offshore markets overnight. Key United States indices were up marginally, while European markets including Britain, Germany and France were mixed. Locally, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index lost 4.4 points to 3306.5 points yesterday, while ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
... offshore markets overnight. Key United States indices were up more than half a per cent, while European markets including Britain, Germany and France also rose. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 15.6 points at 3310.9 yesterday, while the all ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
... offshore markets overnight. Key United States indices fell more than half a per cent, while European markets including Britain, Germany and France were mixed. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed yesterday down 7.4 points at 3295.3 while the all ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
... mild lead from United States indices overnight. The United States was up slightly, while key European markets including Britain, Germany and France closed lower. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 1.1 point stronger at 3302.7 by the close of trade yesterday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2004
... a strong lead from key offshore indices overnight. The United States was weaker as were key European markets including Britain, Germany and France. In overnight trading on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract - a key indicator ...

AMP wins federal court approval for demerger

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
... means that AMP's Australasian businesses will have a separate stock market listing to the group's troubled operations in Britain, known as HHG plc. AMP chief executive Andrew Mohl welcomed the court's decision, which came after shareholders overwhelmingly ...

AMP expected to reveal rights offer details next week

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2003
... yesterday approved AMP's rights offer and its plan to demerge its Australasian businesses from its troubled operations in Britain.

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits fresh heights

... plan when they meet in Sydney today. The proposed split of AMP's Australasian businesses from its troubled operations in Britain has been approved by local and UK regulators but still needs support from shareholders. If shareholders vote in favour of ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares dip following Istanbul bombings

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2003
... backed the US overnight as well," Macquarie Equities client adviser Helen Spencer said. Overnight, two truck bombs at Britain's Istanbul consulate and the offices of the London-based banking giant HSBC killed 27 people and injured 400. In the United ...