NAB pays less than $5m for Calibre
National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB) has paid less than $5 million to acquire Hong Kong-based Calibre Asset Management.NAB spokesman George Wright said the acquisition would enhance the wealth...
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Wednesday November 18, 2009, 4:44 pm
Perilya to raise $55m for mine projects
Perilya Ltd seeks to raise about $55 million to fund planned lead and zinc developments, and says its state-owned Chinese majority shareholder will at least maintain its controlling stake.The capital...
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Tuesday November 17, 2009, 5:31 pm
Another Solid Week For Markets
American markets, like most around the world, finished the week with solid gains and will be looking for a bit more this week. News that three more US banks failed over the weekend won't impact...
Australasian Investment Review -
Monday November 16, 2009, 8:32 am
AXA in The AMP's Sights: More To Come
Last week it was a $6.8 billion joint bid for Transurban, the big toll road operator, from two large Canadian pension managers that made local investors sit up and think about further takeover...
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Tuesday November 10, 2009, 8:28 am
October was A Down Month, Breaking The Rebound
Those fears now have a financial cost, as we saw in markets in Europe and the US on Friday. Asia was ahead, but Europe and the Americas then saw big falls. Europe's losses accelerated,...
Australasian Investment Review -
Monday November 2, 2009, 8:35 am
Platinum Group's Take On Recovery
Platinum Capital is one of the country's more successful funds managers specialising in offshore investments, especially in Asia. Its been hit, as so many other offshore fund managers have, by the...
Australasian Investment Review -
Friday October 30, 2009, 8:05 am
Aussie firms ink $3b contracts in China
Australian businesses have signed $US3.1 billion ($A3.38 billion) worth of contracts for projects in Guangdong, as the Chinese province's governor says there are plenty more deals to be...
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Tuesday October 27, 2009, 10:11 pm
Rusal hit by 6 billion dollar loss in 2008: report
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian aluminum giant UC Rusal suffered a six billion dollar loss in 2008 due the global economic crisis, according to a presentation ahead of its planned share listing in Hong Kong...
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Monday October 26, 2009, 6:40 pm
Markets 2: A Surprise Fall Friday, We Will Follow
Equities and other financial markets will start the week cautiously after Friday's nasty little fall in the US and rise in interest rates. Ten year bond yields rose 0.08% to 3.49% and yields on...
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Monday October 26, 2009, 8:47 am
