** Shares of Link Administration LNK.AX have risen nearly
60% for the month, on track for their best month ever
** Link shares are down 0.5% for the day, hovering near a
8-month high hit on Dec. 18
** Link gets takeover offer from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
Group 8306.T in mid December in a deal worth A$1.2 bln
($820.08 mln)
** Shares of the pension administration firm are down 0.5%
for the week
** Share of Link have risen 10.4% so far this year,
recovering from a record pct fall last year
($1 = 1.4633 Australian dollars)
(Reporting by John Biju in Bengaluru)
((John.Biju@thomsonreuters.com;))