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Star hire strengthens IOOF adviser drive

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... building a presence in the IFA market. IOOF has 650 aligned advisers under its umbrella, which will roughly double if the takeover of DKN Financial Group goes ahead. DKN shareholders are to vote on the 80c-per-share offer in September. IOOF also has ...

DKN suffers drop in platform flows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... of goodwill, in order to reflect the current market valuations and business conditions regarding the $0.80 per share takeover offer from IOOF. IOOF has confirmed that this will have no impact on its proposal. DKN said it anticipates that its underlying ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... $15.78 after it told shareholders to take no action after Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal confirmed a $15.50 per share takeover offer. All sectors of the market were higher, but there were some losses among property companies. GPT Group was down four ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... ConnectEast Group was the best performer in the top 100 stocks at noon, after its independent directors recommended a takeover proposal from Horizon Roads. That pushed ConnectEast Group's shares up nine cents, or 20 per cent, to 54 cents. Banks and financials ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... third-worst performer on the S&P/ASX50. On a positive note, Sundance Resources shares leapt after the iron ore miner received a takeover offer valuing it at $1.44 billion. The stock was up eight cents, or 20 per cent, at 48 cents after Hanlong Mining ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... an acquisition on Friday added to the selling pressure. BHP will spend $US15.1 billion ($A14.13 billion) in a proposed takeover of US shale gas producer and explorer Petrohawk Energy. Its shares were down 81 cents, or 1.86 per cent, at $42.79. "That's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... announcement," he said. "Coal stocks are outperforming on the back of corporate activity as investors looking for the next takeover." "It's widely speculated that Whitehaven Coal could be the next takeover target." Whitehaven shares climbed 22 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... per cent, at 3,793.27. Shares in British Sky Broadcasting closed 2 percent higher in London after News Corp pulled its takeover bid for the company in the face of vociferous opposition in the UK parliament. The stock initially slumped on the announcement ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... said. Macarthur shares leapt $4.11, or 37.09 per cent, to $15.19 after US mining giant Peabody Energy made a $4.7 billion takeover bid for the Queensland company in tandem with the world's largest steel maker, ArcelorMittal. Whitehaven Coal added 14 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... per cent over the last five days, and Monday's fall came after there were new doubts about the company's proposed full takeover of lucrative British broadcaster BSkyB. The European crisis sent US bond prices higher -- despite the continued debt-and-deficit ...