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Local biotech shines through overseas listing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
ASX-listed biotechnology firm Starpharma may not have flagged much interest from local investors, but the company has attracted the attention of US funds. According to Jackie Fairley, chief executive of Starpharma, targeting US investors was a "natural ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... engineering and property management firm to 2.4 million shares from 4.9 million to remove margin loans held against the company's stock. Leupen said he had not acted under pressure and had not received any margin calls from lenders. At 1213 AEDT, United ...

Enron Part Two

A visiting US accounting academic has called for a re-design of auditing practices to avoid public company frauds of Enron scale to happen again, in the wake of the sub-prime led market crisis. Professor Ira Solomon, from the University of Illinois ...

MillhouseIAG buys Huntley

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... fund management business. MillhouseIAG founder and chief executive David Millhouse said the acquisition would give the company an "ideal platform" to develop its international presence by targeting clients in South East Asia and Hong Kong. Millhouse ...

Liquidnet rakes $200m off starting blocks

... licence and routes matched trades to Macquarie Capital Securities Limited for potential execution on the ASX. However, the company is currently awaiting approval from the Federal Government to run independently. This would sidestep the execution risks ...

Baring Asia pumps $95m in green fuel

Green energy is the new black in private equity after Baring Asia injected $95 million into an energy investment company in China, home to the third largest reservoir of coalbed methane, an alternative fuel source. Baring Private Equity Asia, which ...

Tele-underwriting with a health check

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... we can ask the questions. We do it once, we do it thoroughly and when it gets to the underwriting within the insurance company they [won't] need to bother the client again to clarify certain questions or answers that have been answered by advisers," ...

Listed cos fail compliance test

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
A higher number of ASX-listed company directors have failed to comply with share trading rules today compared to four years ago, raising questions on the prevalence of insider trading and the influence of the country's regulators. The number of top ...

Optimix to use local Indian know-how

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... have a base in the region. Calligeris said Optimix had been using a local Indian equities manager to pick stocks for the company's Global Emerging Market fund for more than a year. "In India it's more about using people you know on the ground in order ...

Cromwell recruits ex-rugby manager

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... he co-founded and held senior operation roles with pharmacy management business Rx management, where he remains on the company's board of directors. "It is a tremendous opportunity to play a key role in the future of a business which I believe has significant ...