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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... Austar lifted 9.5 cents to $1.32 after it confirmed reports that it has entered talks with Foxtel that may result in a takeover offer from the bigger peer. National turnover at 1211 AEST was 986.9 million securities worth $1.85 billion, with 447 stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... said it remained committed to a merger with its Toronto counterpart, after a Canadian consortium launched an informal takeover bid that could derail the deal. Elsewhere, German luxury carmaker Daimler and British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce mooted ...

US inside trader hit with possible two-decade jail sentence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
A former billionaire US hedge fund player has been found guilty of a spate of insider trading charges and could be slapped with a 19.5 year jail sentence. Raj Rajaratnam, who co-founded the New York-based hedge fund management firm, Galleon Group, has ...

NGS Super merger too late for tax relief

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... and 12,000 members. Despite the obvious disparities, Rodwell-Ball insists that this is very much a merger rather than a takeover. "In not for profit superannuation these things always have to be friendly and collaborative so it's not a take over. We're ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... maintenance and cleaning services firm Spotless Group soared after it notified the market of a $657 million unsolicited takeover offer from a private equity firm. Its shares were up 27.5 cents, or 14 per cent, to $2.23 at 1205 AEST. Fertiliser and explosives ...

My Adviser takeover brings new managing director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... My Adviser has named Philippa Sheehan as its new managing director in a generational change prompted by the friendly takeover by Plan B. Current managing director, Michael Summers, said he would withdraw from the role as part of the transaction. "It's ...

West takes east-coast planners

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
West Australian wealth management firm Plan B has begun a friendly takeover of financial planning dealership My Adviser, opening the door to a large network of eastern state advisory businesses. The My Adviser network has 54 advisory firms with 122 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... per cent. Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions. LONDON - European stock markets pushed higher amid a mega-takeover bid involving the dairy products industry, at the start of a shortened trading week after the long Easter holiday weekend. ...

Derivatives sky high since SGX fall

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... Derivatives trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has reached its highest point ever, just weeks after the failed takeover bid by the Singapore Exchange (SGX). According to figures released by the ASX, the number of derivatives contracts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... ground they lost in recent days as an index change loomed and Tourism Holdings shares surged in reaction to a partial takeover, but overall the sharemarket was little changed. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 1.796 points at 3452.685, having slipped ...