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Digging deep

Jan 31, 2000

11 min read

Imagine a world in which companies don't know who owns them – an Orwellian nightmare where effective control of your firm lies in...

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Goldrush

Dec 31, 1999

By Peter Cooper

8 min read

It may be off the beaten track for most international roadshows but, make no mistake, fund management is booming in Australia. It...

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Pump up the volume

Dec 31, 1999

By Ian Sax

8 min read

George Shaheen must have been feeling a bit giddy when he sat down in October for interviews with Forbes and Business Week. The...

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Three-way fusion

Dec 31, 1999

By Richard Willsher

8 min read

This was a big deal. On August 11, 1999 Alcan of Canada, Pechiney of France and the Swiss Algroup announced that they were...

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Reviewing the situation

Nov 30, 1999

By Richard Willsher

8 min read

When the UK's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released its consultation paper on the review of company law in February, it...

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Missed call

Nov 30, 1999

By Ian Sax

10 min read

According to a recent survey by the Investment Company Institute and the Securities Industry Association, one out of every two...

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Riding the shockwave

Oct 31, 1999

By Mark Sharp

10 min read

More than two years after the crash, the feel-good factor is beginning to creep slowly back to Thailand. The economy is only...

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Lab tests

Oct 31, 1999

By Ian Williams

8 min read

The first lesson in IR 101 is 'no surprises.' Would investors be surprised to find out that the eminently respectable scientists...

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Europa's prelude

Oct 31, 1999

By Jeff Cossette

8 min read

Claude Haberer, head of investor relations and financial information at Banque Nationale de Paris, put down his Monday morning...

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Late shift

Sep 30, 1999

By Neil Stewart

12 min read

Everything from increased volatility to increased fidelity has been threatened if the US stock markets stay open late. They may...