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AMP closes in on AXA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... - pegging it just below the second largest platform owner, Westpac/BT Financial Group, and NAB/MLC (20.7 per cent). The story is even more compelling in terms of adviser numbers. AMP and AXA will boast a 16.2 per cent market share, with a combined 3,032 ...

AMP unveils $6.34 per share bid for AXA

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... their needs." A vote by AXA APH shareholders for their approval is expected by the end of the first quarter of 2011. This story was updated at 2:10pm following AMP's media conference.

A simpler, streamlined Suncorp

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... business model or operating framework. In the interests of efficiency, it is now time to simplify that structure," John Story, chairman of Suncorp, said. James Coghill, an analyst at UBS, said that the restructuring was largely immaterial from the perspective ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... along with the ball. Great expectations beget great disappointment. This is why I reckon that it was the Fed that leaked the story to the WSJ. Speculation as to the size of QE2 has become so exponentially silly that whatever amount Big Benny drops from ...

Fed bearing gift of QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... earnings estimate for five straight quarters, the longest streak in Bloomberg data going back to 1993." And might I add AAP's story printing that, "S&P 500 companies' earnings are expected to rise 23.6 per cent from a year ago, which would represent ...

Suncorp chair to retire

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
John Story, Suncorp chairman, intends to retire next year after the next board election. Story, in his latest chairman address, has expressed plans to stand in the next election to act as a guide to the new board before stepping down as chair in a year's ...

Commercial property sales rebound: CBRE

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... Ellis said. Rick Butler, managing director of international investments for the property consultants said the Australian story continued to be a compelling one for foreign investors. "Australia has the rare combination in the world at the moment of stability ...

CalPERS taps Brazilian real estate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010

Indian pension funds poised for growth

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... explosion of retail interest in US equity markets following the "Roth IRA" reforms to 401k's in the mid 2000's. ""It's the same story repeating itself on a higher scale. You have 1.2 billion people with limited penetration in the equity markets," he ...

Seeking alpha in EM small caps

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... Series, chief investment office of Eight Investment Partners, which invests in Asia-pacific equities. "The Asian consumption story is well known, so many of the larger companies trade on high valuations," said Series, who said that the universe of less ...