AMP forecasts $325m impairments ahead of demerger

AMP forecasts $325m impairments ahead of demerger

The devaluation of AMP’s brand name was among the impairment charges announced ahead of the AMP Capital private markets demerger.

  • byCharlotte Grieve

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Troubled EISS in advanced talks with Cbus to create $70b super giant
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Troubled EISS in advanced talks with Cbus to create $70b super giant

EISS staff have been warned there will be job losses and possible re-deployments once the $6 billion fund is taken over by construction giant Cbus.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
BHP in talks with ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s Wyloo over Canadian nickel miner

BHP in talks with ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’s Wyloo over Canadian nickel miner

BHP has started talks with Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest’s Wyloo Metals about a takeover of Canadian nickel miner Noront Resources.

  • byNick Toscano
‘Spooked’ Sigma infuriates biggest shareholder as chemist war changes script again
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‘Spooked’ Sigma infuriates biggest shareholder as chemist war changes script again

‘Getting spooked is not a reason to write out a blank cheque,’ says Sigma’s largest shareholder,Allan Gray’s Simon Mawhinney in his full-throated criticism of Sigma outbidding giant Wesfarmers for Priceline owner API.

  • byElizabeth Knight
The ACCC seeks a hammer to crush a nut
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The ACCC seeks a hammer to crush a nut

The competition watchdog’s chairman Rod Sims is campaigning for a radical reform of merger law without the evidence to warrant it.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Orocobre,Galaxy complete $4b lithium merger as electric cars hit the fast lane

Orocobre,Galaxy complete $4b lithium merger as electric cars hit the fast lane

The two Australian lithium miners have completed their merger amid soaring demand for the battery raw material.

  • byNick Toscano
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Oil spill:BHP cleans up its act as climate pressure mounts

Oil spill:BHP cleans up its act as climate pressure mounts

Climate change pressure and the need to free up cash to push into green-energy minerals finally made a long-mooted tie-up between BHP and Woodside a reality.

  • byNick Toscano
BHP’s oil and gas sale to Woodside could turbocharge climate destruction
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BHP’s oil and gas sale to Woodside could turbocharge climate destruction

The legacy of BHP’s petroleum assets must not be to accelerate damage to the climate.

  • byPiers Verstegen
Altium plunges after Autodesk ends takeover talks

Altium plunges after Autodesk ends takeover talks

Tech darling Altium has lost the $5 billion offer on the table after US tech giant Autodesk said it has pulled the pin on takeover talks.

  • byColin Kruger
AMP Capital sells stocks,fixed income business to Macquarie for $185m

AMP Capital sells stocks,fixed income business to Macquarie for $185m

AMP Capital has entered into a binding agreement with Macquarie Asset Management to offload its global equities and fixed income business.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Stokes’ stake in Boral breezes past key threshold

Stokes’ stake in Boral breezes past key threshold

Billionaire Kerry Stokes’ Seven Group is edging closer to victory over Boral’s management,picking up a 38 per cent stake in the buildings materials supplier.

  • byColin Kruger