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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... hardly something to get you all in a lather, frankly." He said the ongoing uncertainty surrounding BHP Billiton's proposed takeover of Potash Corp of Saskatchewan was also weighing the market down. Shares in BHP were down 50 cents at $37.80 by 1210 AEST. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... market closed flat amid mixed company earnings reports and concern over BHP Billiton's credit rating in light of its takeover offer for Canada's PotashCorp. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 4.1 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,479 points, while the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... Investors were digesting news late on Wednesday that Moody's was reviewing BHP Billiton's credit rating in light of its takeover offer for Canada's PotashCorp. "Analysts are questioning whether it is the best move for BHP," she said. Rio Tinto was weaker ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... large US banks had reported disappointing financial results. However, the healthcare sector was buoyed by a $1.99 billion takeover offer for private hospitals and pathology operator Healthscope. On Wall Street on Friday, sagging consumer confidence and ...

Super-sized super powers up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... investments in-house and is now starting to invest in assets directly (OTPP was behind the Transurban infrastructure takeover bid, which was rejected). "It seems to me that the Canadian model is an interesting one because these funds have sufficient ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... sectors which are accounting for most of the gains at the moment." Banpu Public Company Ltd on Monday made an all-cash takeover bid for Centennial, valuing the company at $6.20 per share, which CMC Markets' head of trading, James Foulsham, described ...

AMP appoints Brenner to board

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
AMP has appointed Takeover Panel member and former ABN AMRO managing director of investment banking, Catherine Brenner, to the firm's board as a non-executive director. Brenner is a non-executive director of AMP Life, Coca Cola Amatil and Centennial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... closed higher, recovering from early losses on a new ratings downgrade for Greece as investors took their lead from new takeover activity. Dealers said the Moody's Greek downgrade to junk status was eye-catching but did no more than confirm what many ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... said. The Comex gold price for August delivery rose $US4.80 to settle at a record high of $1,245.60 an ounce overnight. Takeover target Lihir Gold was up five cents at $4.12 at 1205 AEST, while its suitor, Newcrest, had added 27 cents to $33.46. At 1205 ...

AXA and Wealth.net split poses planner risk

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... merging of retail investment platforms when real competition will be driven by the industry funds, SMSFs and others if the takeover goes ahead. Given this different set of metrics, a combined NAB/AXA would hold 8.5 per cent market share, only slightly ...