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Improving picture paints a taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... when it's released later this week (10 July) - depending on how the headlines spin its contents -- as would the flow of company profit results as the second quarter earnings reporting season get underway. Could be another good week...could be not.

AMP to buy stake in NZ power co from Brookfield

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... led by AMP Capital (AMP) is set to acquire a 42% stake in New Zealand's second biggest electricity and gas distribution company, Powerco NZ Holdings Limited (Powerco), pending the approval the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office. The 42% stake is ...

ACCC postpones Perpetual and Trust merger ruling

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has delayed making a decision on Perpetual's proposed takeover of The Trust Company to allow Perpetual to provide it with extra information. The decision date was previously slated for 11 July but a spokesperson ...

Trust expects buyout talks to impact profit

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
The Trust Company has reported a profit from March 2012 to August 2012, but it expects the talks of an acquisition from Equity Trustees (EQT) or Perpetual to have an impact on profit. The Trust Company financial held yesterday an annual general meeting ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... low volume trade after beginning the week higher, as traders banked profits amid an absence of data and dearth of major company announcements. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares dropped 0.06 per cent to 6,303.94 points at close. Frankfurt's DAX ...

Wilson HTM MD resigns on securities buyout plans

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... managing director Andrew Coppin has resigned after the board saw a conflict of interest in his proposal to buy out the company's security business. The board agreed that any buy out would be inappropriate while Coppin held the position of managing director. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... business Recall. Among other industrial companies, ports and rail operator Asciano was up 14 cents at $5.03 and freight company Toll was up 13 cents at $5.32. BHP was up 65 cents at $31.59 and Rio Tinto had added $1.11 to $52.84, but smaller miners were ...

BT overcharged customers, refunds $2.3m

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... Financial Group is refunding Wrap and SuperWrap customers that paid adviser fees in excess of disclosed percentage rates. The company is 80% of the way through the review and has already refunded $2.3 million to its investors and 1,890 of them have already ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... eurozone and more weak Chinese economic data, while gold prices rebounded from the lowest levels since August 2010. In company activity, German engineering giant Siemens drew a line under its joint venture with Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... manufacturing figures from China are stronger than expected, resources stocks are likely to rise. Shares in drilling services company Boart Longyear have fallen heavily after it said earnings may be further downgraded due to a slowdown in the mining ...