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Active outpacing passive returns for Australian equity funds; Mercer

Active Australian equity fund managers outperformed the ASX benchmark index by 0.5% during the past three months, according to the latest survey results from Mercer Investment Consulting. Of the 93 Australian equity fund managers covered by the survey ...

Tower says proposing spinning off Aust wealth management bus

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2004
... review of its business portfolio. It was proposing spinning off the business through a separate listing of the business on the ASX, with existing Tower shareholders retaining an ownership interest in that business. \"The directors believe that as Tower ...

News Corp will win bid to move to US, analysts

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2004
... since index manager Standard & Poor\'s (S&P) said News Corp could not be listed on both the S&P 500 in the US and the S&P/ASX 200 in Australia. The funds have been seeking support for a new index which includes News Corp. Financial services group UBS ...

Aust share market expected to push on to new records

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2004
... profit season, the local market closed at an all-time high on Friday for the second session in a row, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index at 3596.0, having topped mid-session at 3608.2 - 6.2 points above the previous best. The all ordinaries also hit ...

Babcock & Brown to sell shares at $5 ahead of ASX listing

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2004
Global investment banker Babcock & Brown will sell 110 million shares for $5 each in an initial public offer ahead of a listing on the Australian Stock Exchange. Babcock & Brown on Thursday lodged a prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Changes to S&P/ASX-200; S&P

Standard & Poor's on Wednesday announced changes to the composition of the Australian equity benchmark S&P/ASX 200. Effective 20 September, 2004 the shares of Village Roadshow will be removed from the S&P/ASX 200 and replaced with Tower, S&P said. The ...

The rise of the Australian bourse to continue, analysts

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2004
... deliver the goods to shareholders after a prosperous 2003/04 reporting season, market analysts said on Friday. The benchmark ASX 200 index could add another 156 points to its peak by Christmas, having reached a record close of 3590.4 last Thursday. It ...

Record month for options trading in August: ASX

... The Australian Stock Exchange reported this week a new record average daily volume set for options trading in August. The ASX reported an average of 83,673 options contracts were traded each day in August compared with the previous highest average daily ...

Babcock & Brown announces board

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2004
... Babcock & Brown said in July that it hoped to raise $550 million in a public offer and list on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) within six months. Babcock & Brown expects to have a prospectus available by mid-September. Babcock & Brown founder Jim ...

ASX looks at Sons of Gwalia's disclosures: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2004
The Australian Stock Exchange has questioned Sons of Gwalia over disclosure issues following its move into voluntary administration with liabilities expected to reach more than $800 million, it was reported today. The gold and tantalum miner called ...