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Electricity sale fit for fixed income portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
The long-term lease of New South Wales' electricity network offers opportunities for investors to access defensive, non-cyclical, monopoly style assets. This is the opinion of Aberdeen Asset Management after releasing research that analysed implications ...

Certitude Global Investments bought by Ironbark

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Ironbark Asset Management has agreed to acquire Certitude Global Investments from its holding company, HFA Holdings with the acquisition expected to be completed on 30 April 2015. Ironbark will acquire 100% of the issued capital from HFA. The deal expands ...

Rebalancing almost leads to accidental takeover bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
A quarterly rebalancing of indices was blamed for BlackRock accidentally purchasing more than 20% of Monadelphous Group recently. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on March 25, BlackRock said a change in interests held by the company ...

FIIG launches Amazon-inspired bond platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... them before processing trade requests. The new platform is in line with a number of initiatives the company has launched in a bid to open up the bond market to Australian investors. Back in 2010 the company launched its DirectBonds Service which cut ...

MTAA and Prime Super buy stake in European trains

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... internal rate of return of more than 14%. "While infrastructure transactions for large trophy assets have been aggressively bid, infrastructure junior debt remains attractively priced," Whitehelm head of infrastructure Alexander Waller said. "This transaction ...

Islamic investment delivers strong return for Crescent Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Crescent Weath's bid to invest following Islamic and ethical principles has delivered strong returns for the superannuation fund's 3,500 members. The Crescent International Equity fund, offered within Crescent Wealth's investment options, had returned ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... to drag the market lower, the bargain-hunting bulls - who must firmly believe the RBA will cut rates again - are there to bid the market back up," Australian Stock Report head of research Chris Conway said. In the minutes from its March board meeting ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... were also weaker. Ms Roadley said all eyes would be on telcos following internet provider TPG Telecom's $1.4 billion takeover bid for rival iiNet. Shares for both companies will begin trading at 1100 AEDT. Ms Roadley said some of the smaller telcos like ...

APRA deputy chair criticises life insurance sales culture

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... advent of questionable practices often has been driven by the desire to score well in product ratings by 'ratings houses' in a bid to attract business from advisers," Laughlin said. "Not only can this undermine sound insurance management, but it often ...

Pengana Capital appoints Singapore director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Pengana Capital has appointed an executive director for its Singapore office in a bid to develop its institutional business outside of Australia. Anthony Huston will initially focus on institutional sales opportunities for the Pengana Asia Special Events ...