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Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... showed property values rose by 1.7 per cent over the same period. And who cares about consumer confidence? The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence index increased to 50.2 in October - more than market expectations for a 49.9 print - from ...

Political heat rising on ASX takeover

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... markets this takeover has to be reviewed carefully from a national interest point of view under the foreign investment review board procedures," he concluded.

Singapore makes $8.4bn grab for ASX

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... Bill Shorten. This is in addition to the usual approvals for foreign takeovers required from the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). Singapore is a serious thorn in the side of the government's plans to develop Australia as a regional financial services ...

Perpetual rejects KKR, open to better offer

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... rejected Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' (KKR) takeover proposal, but has left the door firmly ajar for an improved offer. "The board considers that the proposed price in the range of $38 - $40 per share does not reflect Perpetual's value," the company said ...

Perpetual Private Wealth targets growth

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... made a takeover bid for the firm. KKR approached the firm to buy all of its shares at $38 to $40 per share. The Perpetual Board has formed a sub-committee to consider the proposal. Shareholders have since been advised not to take any action in relation ...

AIOFP appoints directors

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... and John Ardino have been appointed as new directors of the Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) board. Maddern is president of Melbourne-based Maddern Financial Advisers and Ardino is the managing director of Lifespan Financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... the market after a flat day on Wednesday. "They got a knockdown yesterday and if you look at commodity prices across the board, really they were much stronger overnight," he said from Brisbane. At 1202 AEDT, the miners were mostly stronger. BHP Billiton ...

Future Fund offloads Telstra shares

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... its holding in the telecom giant down from 10.9 to 10 per cent. At a senate estimates hearing yesterday, the Future Fund Board of Guardians said it had sold the shares on-market as part of its objective of rebalancing the portfolio by reducing its Telstra ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... the day will obviously be how the market really does interpret the RBA statement." Minutes from the RBA monetary policy board meeting on October 5, released on Tuesday, say that while the overall global outlook was broadly unchanged since the RBA board's ...

Australia well behind in carbon pricing

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
While Australian board responsibility may be high, standards fall behind global competitors in terms of carbon pricing and reduction targets. ASX100 companies executive responsibility for climate change reaches 94 per cent, ranking Australia third in ...