Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 671 - 680 of 689 results for "Mergers"

Macquarie Bank launches Macquarie Securities in Asia

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
... mass in institutional broking in the region. \"It allows Macquarie to broaden its infrastructure, equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and other activities around the region,\" Moore said. \"The focus for Macquarie Securities is to strengthen ...

Macquarie joins property trust consolidation

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
... drive into the US market with an $850 million bid to acquire Principal America Office Trust. In the latest of several mergers and takeovers in the property trust sector, Macquarie Office is offering 1.06 of its units and ten cents cash for every Principal ...

HBOS CEO damps hopes of UK bid for Abbey

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2004
... raised speculation that Citigroup and U.S. rivals might try to buy other UK lenders, but Crosby said a wave of cross-border mergers was only in the minds of merger and acquisition bankers.

Acquisitions the key to outperforming - BCG

... highly acquisitive firms made returns over 10 years that were 29% higher, suggesting that scepticism over the potential of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to create value was unwarranted. "Despite research showing that most mergers fail to create value ...

Less mergers this year: IRESS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2004
Financial market information software group IRESS Market Technology is expecting to see less mergers and rationalisation in the industry this year. Managing director Peter Dunai said that with the upturn in equity markets there was a "firmness" occurring ...

Acquisitive mood to continue in 2004: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
... are cashed up for 2004 and set to continue the strong growth in acquisitions activity shown last year. The Ernst & Young Mergers & Acquisitions Index released today showed the index jumped 12% last year - a turnaround after two years of decreases. There ...

NAB currency scandel cements four pillars policy: Fels

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
... political opinions and it had made it unlikely any government would change the Four Pillars policy. The policy prevents mergers between any the country's four biggest banks, NAB, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ Banking Group Ltd and Westpac Banking ...

Macquarie Bank considers buying ING Asia businesses

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
... also included in the discussions. The statement said ING would continue to offer services including equity derivatives, mergers and acquisitions advisory, debt capital markets and fixed income products, foreign exchange and treasury, structured finance ...

Morning Market Wrap: Exporter demand drives up dollar

... from a stronger session on Wall St overnight. In New York, the Dow Jones moved higher, bolstered by some high profile mergers and positive economic data. By 0707 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange the December share price index contract, a key indicator ...

ACCC denies NAB proposal to takeover AMP

... normal manner, i.e. considered under Section 50 of the Trade Practices Act 1974." He explained, "Section 50 prohibits mergers or acquisitions which would have the effect or be likely to have the effect of substantially lessening competition in a substantial ...