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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... while National Australia Bank was 10 cents lower at $24.57. Shares in AXA Asia Pacific Holdings were higher after the company said five of six of its independent directors, including its chair, would recommend AMP's takeover bid to shareholders. AXA ...

Hunter Hall regains ground

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... talked about some of the "undervalued" stocks they bought in the past 18 months, including stakes in a Japanese karaoke company Daiichikosho, Indian public sector banks and Japanese media firm Proto Corporation. "Proto is probably one of the best companies ...

Suncorp Life sells Tyndall to Nikko AM

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... director of Tyndall, who called the outcome "ideal" for the firm, its staff and clients and said the change in parent company won't impact daily activities. The investment teams, process and brand will all be retained with the Australian equities value ...

AMP unveils $6.34 per share bid for AXA

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... expected, it proposes to merge AXA's Australian and New Zealand businesses, and divest its Asian business back to AXA SA, the company's French parent and current major shareholder. The deal values AXA APH's Australian and New Zealand businesses at more ...

CBA posts $1.6bn quarterly profit

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... $1.6bn cash profit for the September quarter, with wealth management and insurance continuing to play a key role for the company. The bank said that its funds under administration rose by 4.6 per cent over the quarter with $2 billion in net inflows ...

Fee-for-service products gain pace

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... specifically for fee-for-service planners seeking low cost investment products with no commissions. Listed investment company Global Mining Investments (GMI) earned a 'Recommended' rating by research house Lonsec after catering its LICs approach for ...

Towers Watson looks to non-life insurance

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... Aspinall had no relation to any merger activity with one leaving to re-enter the institutional market while leaving the company for personal reasons. Phillips said that BlackRock will be implementing an expansion strategy across the division, in particular ...

Schroders surges, shuns Gartmore

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... high of 181.5 billion, up almost 30 per cent from a year ago. Asia-pacific accounted for 47.5 billion of its FUM, but the company did not provide a figure for Australia. According to Rainmaker Information, at June 30th, Schroders managed $19.4 billion ...

DKN champions fee for service, unveils "land grab" strategy

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... 'fee for service' reforms and has mapped out plans to buy more planning-related businesses over the next few years. The company's chief executive Phil Butterworth told investors in his AGM presentation that the company remains an ardent supporter of ...