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'TAJ MAHAL' ROSE BLOOMS IN AUSTRALIA: Tanflora Infrastructure Park Ltd, the company promoting cut flower exports, has launched Taj Mahal, an exclusive rose variety for export market. According to an official press release, this is the first time that an Indian floriculture company is launching in the international market a cut flower exclusively developed for the company.
The release quoting Mr. S. Ramasundaram I.A.S., Chairman, Tanflora and Chairman and Managing Director, TIDCO, said that Tanflora was among the top five rose growers in India with an annual output of about 70 million rose stems. Tanflora Infrastructure, an agri-export zone for cut flowers, is an equal joint venture between the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Ltd and MNA Associates.
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GUJARAT NRE SHIPS FIRST LOAD OF AUSTRALIAN COKING COAL TO INDIA: Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd, the largest independent producer of low-ash metallurgical coke (LAMC) in the country, loaded on June 12 the first shipment of coking coal produced at its NRE Wongawilli Colliery in Australia, headed for India. More than 20,000 tonnes of coal from the recently-acquired mine was loaded onto the bulk carrier Sea Urchin at Port Kembla’s coal loader.
“Once it arrives in India, it will be washed and prepared for the steel market at one of the company’s three metallurgical coke plants where waste heat recovery processes are being established to generate electricity, improve profitability and earn carbon credits.” , said Mr. Arun Kumar Jagatramka, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director.
Gujarat NRE is currently operating two mines in the Wollongong area. The company is the only Indian company with coking coal mines in Australia that have more than 500 million tones of metallurgical coal with excellent coking properties.
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IICT, BHP BILLITON SIGN MoU FOR JOINT RESEARCH: The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Australian mining giant BHP Billiton. The understanding with BHP Billiton Innovation, Melbourne, would entail joint research in mining and mineral processing areas, according to Dr. Y.S. Yadav, Director of the Hyderabad-based IICT.
BHP Billiton Innovation manages the technology and intellectual property portfolio of the BHP Billiton Group of companies. IICT has expertise and capabilities in the area of hydrometallurgical treatment of minerals and wastes for the separation and recovery of valuable metals, design and synthesis of new materials for separation of hafnium from zirconium tailings etc.
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AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY TO INDIAN MARKET: based manufacturer, Australian Agricultural Machinery, has announced its plans for expansion into the Indian, Asian and Middle Eastern agricultural markets. “We have loaded our first container with what will be many “Jetstream” boom sprays destined for India” commented Mr. Anthony Sullivan, Australian Agricultural Machinery’s General Manager.
Australian Agricultural Machinery has recently set up an office in New Delhi. “Our Delhi staffs are currently organizing field trials, demonstrations and testing for the machine we are transporting from Dubbo,” said Mr. Sullivan. “Our team in India tells us there is huge interest in our boom sprays because of its patented ground drive system that makes it simple to operate yet a highly effective low volume weedkiller. We expect a high take up of our technology as the Indian Government gets behind producers to help lift productivity.”
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NETTLINX LIMITED ACQUIRES AUSTRALIAN FIRM: The Board of Directors of Netlinx Limited, a hyderabad-based company, at its meeting held on June 16, 2008, approved the acquisition of 100 per cent capital of Anchor Systems Pty Limited, an Australian based company engaged in the business of webhosting. Post acquisition, Anchor Systems will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of Nettlinx.
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PETRONET LNG EYES ROLE IN AUSTRALIAN GAS ASSETS: To secure gas supply for the capacity expansion currently under way, Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) like to participate in projects where gas has been struck and also there are onshore development opportunities for producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Australia. The company is in talks with European and American firms with acreages in Australia. PLL is looking at gas fields with likely in-place reserves of 8-15 trillion cubic ft. They are also looking at coal bed methane (CBM) projects in Australia.
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INDO-AUSTRALIAN JOINT BUSINESS COUNCIL MEET - 2008: The 2008 Joint Business Council Meeting was held in Melbourne on May 20th at the Melbourne Town Hall. The JBC is held in conjunction with the Joint Ministerial Commission which is a meeting between the Trade Ministers of both countries – the Hon. Simon Crean and the Hon. Kamal Nath. The purpose of the JBC is for businesses from the two countries to come together, discuss issues of interest, areas of concern, and to recommend to the Ministers salient issues that come to light from the discussions.
The JBC 2008 was hosted by Australian-India Business Council at Melbourne and there were 120 delegates present comprising a 40 person delegation from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). There was good participation for the four industry workshops - Primary industries (Mining, Infrastructure, Biotech, Pharma and Agribusiness); ICT; Education; and Banking, Finance & Insurance. All the workshops generated wide ranging discussions and the issues raised were stated in a Joint Communiqué signed by the Chairman of AIBC and the leaders of the FICCI delegation. The industry workshops took place during the morning session where the High Commissioner of India, H.E. Ms. Sujatha Singh welcomed all the delegates.
The afternoon session began with two excellent case studies – Mr. Tim Thomas, Chief Operating Officer, Bharti-AXA Life from Mumbai and Mr. Vineet Mohan, President, Leighton International from New Delhi. Both case studies showed how companies from Australia had successfully established a presence in the Indian market.
By the time the case studies had been completed, the Swanston Room at the Melbourne Town Hall had filled to capacity with 150 delegates waiting for the arrival of the Ministers. The JMC delegation arrived with both Ministers and High Commissioners from Australia and India. Both Ministers delivered excellent speeches outlining the opportunities for closer bilateral relations, the discussions around the Free Trade Agreement and that they had just signed a MoU on Intellectual Property Protection. They both stressed the importance of business in all their dialogues and Minister Mr. Kamal Nath emphasized the importance of the SME sector in all the discussions.
The evening ended with a Gala Dinner. The event was sponsored by Infosys and attracted 300 delegates. The two Ministers captivated the audience, not only by their individual addresses, but by a question & answer session in a relaxed and good humoured way.
The Sponsors for the JBC Meet 2008 were City of Ballarat (Gold Sponsor), Freehills, City of Melbourne, Palamedia and Securency (Silver Sponsors), Nufarm and Leightons (Industry Sponsors) and Deakin University & University of NSW (Corporate Sponsors). Thanks must also go to Austrade and DFAT for their assistance in making these events a success.
The huge success of JBC 2008 owes a great deal to the tireless efforts put in by Mr. Harish Rao, President, Victoria Chapter and National Vice-President of Australia India Business Council.
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SBI IN JOINT VENTURE WITH IAG: State Bank of India has decided to go ahead with the Insurance Australia Group for its proposed non-life joint venture. The two companies are expected to announce their partnership soon.
According to bank sources, SBI was eying a premium to be paid by the foreign partner. SBI is better-placed than most banks to demand a premium because of its distribution network coupled with the strong brand image. Insurance Australia Group (IAG) specializes in non-life business and has operations in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the United Kingdom. The group underwrites around $7.4 billion of insurance premiums each year.
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THOMAS TO LEAD COMMONWEALTH YOUTH TEAM: Australia will send a team of more than 100 athletes from nine different sports to the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India this October. They will be led by triple Olympic gold medalist Petria Thomas – the Australian team’s General Manager for the third Games.
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NEW VISA TERMS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS: Foreigners studying in Australia will automatically be allowed to work part-time under new visa arrangements.
Immigration Minister Hon. Mr. Chris Evans said, “all international students would be allowed to work up to 20 hours a week while their course is in session. It means that international students can apply for part-time jobs in Australia as soon as their courses start. Making it easier for international students to work while they study will also assist industries currently suffering serious labour shortages”.
New streamlined processes for people applying for student visas from India, Indonesia and Thailand have also been introduced. The Immigration Department has granted 228,592 student visas to people from 191 countries in the year to June 2007.
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JONES LANG IN TIE-UP WITH AUSTRALIAN CO.: Global real estate services provider Jones Lang LaSalle and Australia-based Colonial First State Property Management have formed a joint venture to offer integrated development and management services to developers and retailers.
The 50:50 joint venture company Sandalwood will help developers and retailers to capitalize on premium retail opportunities and create long term value for retail assets.
Mr. Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, Jones Lang LaSalle, said, “This is indeed an opportune moment for us to introduce specialized retail and intensive asset management services. Sandalwood will seek to create long-term value for India’s mall owners through its globally benchmarked practices, proven expertise in property development and intensive asset management”.
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LEIGHTON WINS $1 BILLION INDIA COAL CONTRACTS: Australia’s biggest construction company, Leighton Holdings Ltd, has won two contracts worth $1 billion to develop a coal mine in India. Thiess has won two contracts stretching over 20 years for the development and operation of the Chitarpur Coal Project, an open cut coal mine in India’s north-eastern coal fields.
“The long term contract between Thiess India and Abhijeet Group creates a solid foundation for the growth of our business in India,: Thiess Asia Chief Executive, Mr. Bruce Munro, said in the statement.
Mr. Munro said, over 115 million tones of coal would be mined over the next 20 years and development work was to begin by the end of April, with mining commencing in October 2009. The mine would have a maximum capacity of 6.75 million tones a year and would supply coal to steel plants and to a nearby 1100 megawatt power station.
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SATYAM TO SET UP CAMPUS IN AUSTRALIA: Satyam Computer Services has announced that it will set up a new campus at the Geelong Technology Precint, Victoria in Australia.
The new 25-acre campus will accommodate 2,000 employees over the next few years. Mr. B. Rama Raju, Satyam’s co-founder and Managing Director, officially opened the new facility at a ceremony, with Premier Hon. Mr. John Brumby.
The Geelong campus will house a software development centre and facilities for training, research and development, etc.
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SBI EYES AUSSIE FIRM FOR INSURANCE JV: State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s top lender has short-listed three potential partners, including Insurance Australia Group, for a general insurance venture, according to a news report.
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AUSTRALIA CALLS BIDS FOR BROADBAND: The Australian government has called for bids for an A$ 9.4 billion high-speed broadband network that will help the country catch up in competitiveness with its peers. Australia has slower and more expensive internet access than many other developed countries. The Communications Minister, Mr. Stephen Conroy, said in a statement that the government wanted the fibre network to deliver minimum speeds of 12 megabits per second to 98 per cent of Australian homes. The vast distances in Australia and often inhospitable terrain make full penetration difficult.
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SBI, MACQUARIE, IFC ENTER PACT TO FLOAT $2 BILLION FUND: State Bank of India in a tie-up with Macquarie Group and the International Finance Corporation is floating a $2 billion fund for investment in infrastructure in India. The partners together bring in $450 million to start the fund and the balance will be raised from international and domestic investors.
The fund, scheduled for launch by the end of the second quarter of 2008, will provide equity and mezzanine debt instruments like fully convertible and optionally convertible debentures for investment in toads, ports, airports and power.
It will also look at investment opportunities in infrastructure-related assets and businesses such as logistics companies, and railway rake companies which provide forward and backward closure to infrastructure.
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HON. MR. MIKE RANN, PREMIER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA VISITS CHENNAI: An 18 member South Australian delegation led by Hon. Mr. Mike Rann held discussions with Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister, Mr. K. Ponmudi and various officials on academic collaborations with South Australian Universities in Chennai on Monday, 17th March 2008.
In a statement issued, Mr. Rann said, he would meet several Indian Ministers and also hold discussions with Indian Corporations on increasing their investments in South Australia in areas such as renewable energy, resources and infrastructure”. The SA economy is gaining pace with more than $45 million dollars worth projects under way or in the pipeline. “India is now the fastest growing travel markets in the world, with a number of Indian tourists visiting South Australia growing by more than 10 per cent each year,” he said.
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LEIGHTON WINS INDIA OIL PIPELINE PROJECT: Australia’s biggest construction company, Leighton Holdings Ltd, won a US$ 720 million (A$ 795 million) contract to build an oil and gas pipeline in India.
Leighton will install more than 200 kilometers of fixed and flexible pipelines for India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in the Mumbai High field, about 80 km off the coast of Mumbai.
The project will start in November and will take place over the next three years between November and May when the weather is suitable, Leighton.
LEIGHTON HOLDINGS also plans to form a $700 million alliance with ACCOR to build hotels in India and China.
Accor, Europe’s biggest hotel owner, may ask Leighton to build 100 hotels in India and 100 in China. Accor is eager to accelerate the growth of its Sofitel, Novotel and Ibis brands.
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INDIAN WINE SECTOR SEARCHES FOR SUPPLIERS: The relatively young Indian wine sector is looking to Australia and other places around the world to help it meet increasing demand for quality wine in India.
Indage Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of India’s biggest wine producer, Champagne Indage Ltd, recently agreed to acquire the 90,000 tonnes-capacity Loxton winery of Australian Vintage Ltd (formerly McGuigan Simeon Wines) in South Australia for $60 million.
The acquisition of Loxton is the second winery acquisition in Australia for Indage, which last year acquired the Monash winery of Tandou Ltd – renamed Thachi Wines – in South Australia for $10 million.
Indage has 2630 hectares of vineyards in India and is valued at $195 million on the Mumbai Stock Exchange. Indage aims to have production in 10 countries over the next five years, with the intent of broadening the range of Indage wines in overseas markets and in India.
While small, India’s wine market was one of the fastest growing in the world, with annual growth of 60 per cent over the past three years, according to Mr. Rajesh Chalke, Chief Financial Officer, Indage.
Ironically, the high import duties on wine in India have traditionally helped local producers such as Indage. Imports, according to Wine Australia, account for less than 25 per cent of India’s wine consumption.
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PETRONET EYEING AUSSIE GAS PROJECTS: Indian energy firm Petronet LNG is keen to join coal bed methane (CBM) projects in Australia and plans for the first time to bid for gas blocks in the country’s next licensing round.
Mr. Prosad Dasgupta, Chief Executive Officer of the company said, his firm wants to source around 7-12 million tones of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year from the CBM projects and is open to buying equity if allowed.
India, Asia’s third largest energy consumer, faces a natural gas supply crunch, with booming demand for the fuel far outstripping domestic supplies.
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AUSTRALIAN VARSITIES TURN TO TAMIL NADU: Recently, a delegation comprising four South Australian universities – Flinders University, Carnegie Mellon, University of South Australia and Adelaide University – was in Chennai, holding discussions with local universities to explore tie-ups regard to exchange programmes for students and research alliances.
Adelaide-based Flinders University will shortly launch an exchange programme that will give students in Madras Christian College a unique opportunity to study in Australia – the University already has agreements in place with the University of Madras and MCC for research collaboration.
The University of South Australia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with PSG College, Coimbatore on March 17 that will allow students from PSG to take up pilot training programmes in Australia.
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AUSTRALIAN FIRM DBL OPENS CORPORATE TRAINING CENTRE : Development Beyond Learning (DBL), an Australian firm engaged in corporate training and development, has opened its first centre in India at Pune, and has plans to extend its operations to cities such as Mumbai, Nasik, Hyderabad, Chennai and New Delhi.
Ms. Darshana Wadnere, Managing Director, DBL India, said that over 250 modules of training and 35 pre-designed programs would be offered by the company here. These would be on leadership, executive motivation, customer service, communication, processes and planning, presentation skills, business writing and six sigma lean.
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ANZ AIMS TO DOUBLE PROFIT BY 2012 : ANZ Banking Group Ltd has set itself the ambitious target of doubling its annual profit to $8 billion and expanding its Asian operations to account for 20 per cent of group earnings in five years.
ANZ will focus on becoming a top tier domestic bank in Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia and wants to be a leading foreign bank in China and potentially India.
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AUSTRALIAN FIRM MAY BUY STAKE IN SHAREPRO : Australia-based Link Market Services, a provider of registry services and technology to financial market participants in Australia, is learnt to be in an advanced stage to pick up controlling stake in Mumbai-based Sharepro Services.
The deal, pegged at around $10 million and likely to be closed within a month, is yet another example of the interest among foreign capital market intermediaries to build a presence in the Indian capital market.
Sharepro Services is a SEBI-registered Category-1 registrar to issue and securities transfer agent with depository connectivity for both NSDL and CDSL. Link Market has approximately eight million holder records under management and maintains the registers of over 1,000 securities with clients across Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Port Moresby and Johnesburg.
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TATA TAKES TAFE TO INDIA : TATA Consultancy Services has signed a memorandum of understanding with NSW TAFE to run some of the technical college’s courses in India.
Mr. S. Ramadorai, Global CEO and Managing Director of TCS, said the company would promote the TAFE courses in the country and also provide them in local languages.
The alliance would be a first for both parties, and comes after NSW Premier Morris Iemma, who led a delegation of 70 in November 2007. The facility would be ready in six to nine months, starting with a core team of 10.
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FRED BERTRAM APPOINTED THE NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, ING AUSTRALIA : ING Australia (INGA) has announced the appointment of Mr. Fred Bertram, as its first Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Bertram is currently the Managing Director of ANZ’s Operations Technology and Shares Services division, based in Bangalore, India.
In his new role Mr. Bertram will take charge of the newly formed Customer Solutions business unit which brings together INGA’s IT, operations, e-business and customer service areas.
Mr. Fred Bertram is also the present Chairman of the Sub-Committee of the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce for Australian companies and a great friend of the Chamber.
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SUZLON SIGNS NEW AUSTRALIAN ORDERS : Suzlon Energy Limited, the world’s fifth leading and India’s largest wind turbine manufacturer announced the signing of two major new orders in Australia. The contracts, totaling over 200 MW of capacity, were signed with Sydney’s RPV (Renewable Power Ventures) and utility-major AGL Energy by the company’s Australia-operations arm – Suzlon Energy Australia Pty Ltd.
The first contract, from Sydney-based Renewable Power Venture, calls for the delivery of 63 units of Suzlon S88 – 2.1 MW wind turbine, translating to 132 MW of capacity. The project named, ‘Capital Wind Farm’, will come up in New South Wales. The contract includes full turnkey delivery including a 330KV electrical substation and power line works and is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2009.
The second contract, a repeat contract form AGL Energy – one of Australia’s leading utilities – calls for the delivery of 34 units of Suzlon’s S88 turbine translating to 71.4 MW of capacity. The project will come up in South Australia.
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ABHIJEET GROUP INKS PACT WITH THIESS LEIGHTON FOR COAL MINING : Abhijeet Group, which has interests in core sector industries of power, steel, mining and ferro alloys, has signed an agreement with Australian firm, Thiess Leighton India Pvt. Ltd, for the execution of a Rs. 4, 500 crore coal mining contract. Chairman of Abhijeet Group, Mr. Manoj Jayaswal, signed the pact with Theiss Pty Ltd’s Chief Executive of Asia Operations, Mr. Bruce Munro.
The mining contract entails the development and operation of a green-field open cast coal mine in the North Karanpura coal field in Jharkhand for a period of 20 years. The mine is estimated to have a capacity of 6.75 million tones per annum.
Thiess Leighton India would commence work in early 2008 with the development of the mine infrastructure, the coal handling plant and the conveyors.
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TEXMACO IN JOINT VENTURE WITH AUSTRALIAN RAIL CO. : K.K. Birla Group company, Texmaco, a leading wagon manufacturing company, proposes to set up a 50:50 joint venture with the rail division of United Group of Australia. The projects will have a substantial export component, said, Mr. Ramesh Maheswari, President and CEO, Texmaco.
In a communication to the stock exchange, Texmaco said that the proposed joint venture will cover the design, manufacture and supply of wagons, locomotive bogies and components and encompass passenger rolling stock also.
Additionally, both partners are keen to address related opportunities for rolling stock maintenance and refurbishment.
The MoA was signed in the presence of the West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
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INVESTING IN INDIA’S POOR THROUGH MICRO FINANCE : About one million business owners in India will be given a financial leg-up with microfinance provided by social investment company, Opportunity International Australia.
The microfinance provider targets poverty alleviation using a commercial approach. It has raised about $30 million from Australian donors in the last 12 months, with the money to be used to supply financial loans and business services to budding entrepreneurs across India to help break the poverty cycle. Opportunity Australia is aiming to fund five million entrepreneurs in India over the next five years.
“With this initial tranche of money leveraged at a rate of up to six times by debt funding from the major Indian banks, we will be able to reach one million small business owners,” Opportunity Australia Chief Executive, Mr. Paul Peters, said.
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ANZ PLANS TO SHIFT MORE OPERATIONS TO BANGALORE : The practice by banks of shifting operations overseas is to be accelerated by ANZ Bank, which wants its financial processing centre in India to drive further cost savings.
The new chief executive, Mr. Mike Smith, has identified the centre, in Bangalore, as an opportunity to increase efficiency as rivals such as National Australia Bank, Westpac and St. George look to use overseas suppliers to replace back-office staff.
The project will be driven by Mr. Shane Freeman, ANZ’s outgoing human resources director, who is moving to India as its new divisional head.
Mr. Freeman replaces Fred Bertram, who has been appointed the Chief Operating Officer of ING Australia, the wealth management business run by the Dutch investment group with ANZ.
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QBE TAKES FIRST STEP INTO INDIAN MARKET : QBE Insurance Group has taken its first step in India’s growing general insurance market by signing a joint venture agreement with diversified conglomerate Rajan Raheja Group.
QBE will invest around $7 million initially for a 26 per cent stake in the joint venture company, to operate in the Indian general insurance business. The company will nominate the Managing Director of the joint venture and provide technical expertise. It has the option to increase its equity to 50 per cent when Indian legislation allows.
Mr. Frank O’Halloran, QBE’s Chief Executive, said the insurer was excited about the opportunity to work in India’s rapidly growing general insurance market.
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GUJARAT NRE COKE'S AUSTRALIAN FLAGSHIP SUBSIDIARY, INDIA NRE MINERALS LIMITED, LISTED AT ASX : The initial public offer of India Minerals Limited of 30 million shares at A$ 0.50 each aggregating to A$ 15 million has closed on the stipulated date having been over subscribed. The company has decided to retain the oversubscription and allotted shares to all the applicants in full. The company’s request to the Australian Securities Exchange for listing of the shares of the company has been accepted and the shares will be listed in the ASX.
The Issue is one of its kind in the sense that it was, perhaps the first time, that Indian retail investors took part in an overseas IPO.
India NRE Minerals Limited owns and operates the NRE No. colliery with proven resources of more than 300 million tonnes, in the southern coalfields of New South Wales. The majority stake in the company is held by Gujarat NRE Coke Limited, which is the largest merchant producer of Low Ash Metallurgical Coke in India.
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EXIDE PLANS TO ENTER AUSTRALIA : Battery maker Exide Industries Ltd plans to buy 26 per cent in Ceil Motive Power Pty Ltd, an Australian joint venture firm, to export traction batteries that would be marketed in Australia.
Mr. T.V. Ramanathan, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, said total investment will not be less than A$ 1 million to start with and could go up to A$ 4 million. He said the company is planning to produce 10 million two-wheeler batteries and seven million four-wheeler batteries in the current year.
Exide derives 60 per cent of its business and profits from the auto industry and 40 per cent in industrial batteries.
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WESTPAC NAMED BEST RETAIL BANK IN AUSTRALIA AND ASIA-PACIFIC : Westpac was named the Best Retail Bank in Asia and Best Retail Bank in Australia, for outstanding performance in 2006 at The Asian Banker Magazine's Excellence in Financial Services Awards held in Shanghai (12 June 2007)
In announcing Westpac as the winner of the two awards, The Asian Banker said Westpac was a clear leader: "Strong profit and revenue growth as well as a focus on rolling out new products were fundamental in its first-rate showing."
Westpac Group Executive, Consumer Financial Services, Mike Pratt, said the award recognized Westpac's competitive standing across all areas of retail banking, by improving its knowledge of customer needs and leveraging service and sales expertise.
The Best Retail Bank in Asia award is the highest accolade for retail financial services in the Asia-Pacific region. The award was judged on ten criteria, including financial performance, strategy, sustainability, ethical banking, sales, risk management, technology, distribution and human resources.
More than 140 banks and financial institutions in 22 countries across the Asia-Pacific region were evaluated as part of the Excellence in Retail Financial Services Program.
The Asian Banker award is the latest in a series of award wins for Westpac, including:
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