UPDATE: NZ Vector To Buy NGC Stake For NZ$877M, Eyes IPO
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand&#39;s biggest electricity lines network company, Vector Ltd., will launch a NZ$1.33 billion takeover bid for NGC Holdings Ltd.
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The Australian dollar may gain after Switzerland-based Xstrata Plc bid A$7.4 billion ($5.8 billion) for WMC Resources Ltd., stoking speculation it will have to buy dollars to pay shareholders.
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) has priced aC$100 million four-year bond with the following terms, lead manager TD Securities said Wednesday: Amount: C$100 million Maturity: Nov.
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--A High Court ruling later Wednesday may decide the fate of the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust&#39;s plan to partially float its fully-owned Vector Ltd.
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A group led by U.S. investment firm Aetos  Capital LLC has outbid Morgan Stanley  and others by  offering 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) for a roughly 30  percent stake in Japanese property developer Daito Trust  Construction Co (1878.T), a financial source said on Friday.
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An investment group is expected to  announce Monday that it has struck a deal to buy British water  utility AWG PLC  for about $4.12 billion (2.2 billion  pounds, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on  Sunday.
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Air New Zealand was left with the New Zealand Government as its only substantial shareholder yesterday after Singapore Airlines sold its remaining 6.3 per cent stake in the Kiwi carrier for $NZ61.
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--NGC Holdings Ltd. (NGC.NZ), a New Zealand gas distribution and metering concern, Thursday said it will end ongoing merger discussions with fellow energy companies following a decision
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - The Nasdaq Stock Market  plans on Friday to announce that it has agreed to buy Nordic bourse owner OMX  as it expands beyond the U.S. market, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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Morgan Stanley has agreed to buy a real estate investor, the Investa Property Group of Australia, for 4.7 billion Australian dollars ($3.9 billion) in cash. Including debt, the offer values Australiaâs biggest publicly traded owner of office buildings at 6.6 billion Australian dollars. The bid is subject to an independent expertâs report confirming that the offer is in the best interests of shareholders.
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Swiss Life Holding on Friday said it agreed to sell most of its private-equity portfolio, valued at 400 million Swiss francs ($321.2 million), to an affiliate of a U.S. investment firm.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- South African mining group Harmony (UK:HRM) said it would &quot;shortly post&quot; a proposed $8.1 billion, stock-based takeover of South African miner Gold Fields (GFI) .
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian Gas Light Co. (AGL.AU) said Thursday that it will most likely sell its 66% stake in New Zealand&#39;s NGC Holdings Ltd.
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U.S. investment banks Morgan Stanley   and Lehman Brothers  are among the bidders for a  stake in Japanese house builder Daito Trust Construction Co  (1878.T), sources familiar with the deal said, in what could  stack up to be one of the biggest buyouts ever in Japan.
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Morgan Stanley&#39;s  real estate unit  agreed to buy Australia&#39;s Investa Properties Ltd.  for  A$4.7 billion ($3.9 billion) on Thursday, the nation&#39;s  third-largest property trust takeover.
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South African gold producer Harmony, with backing from Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel, is poised to make a surprise takeover bid today for Gold Fields, the world&#39;s fourth biggest producer, the Financial Times has reported.
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Private equity firm The Carlyle Group  is mulling a bid for the generics business of Germany's Merck  KGaA , a unit worth at least 4 billion euros ($5.3  billion), a source close to the process said.