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PE must work on PR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... director, said the eventual benefits of a private equity takeover were continuously overlooked. "We bring capital into a company which fuels the companies growth and generates more employment. But often publicity surrounding these deals focuses on the ...

Mortgage managers sanguine over Macquarie exit

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... commercial rate now." Symond said Aussie was writing $1 billion a month in new loans - $950 million of those came through the company's brokerage channel and $50 million through Macquarie funding. "They have said they will continue to provide funding ...

ING buys 37.5pc stake in Sentry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... group in the country, adding more than 145 advisers and $2.5 billion in funds under advice, after it bought FSP Group. The company is a joint venture between ANZ Bank and ING group, and has more than $45 billion in assets under management.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... 4,756.42 points, up 80.51 or 1.72 per cent. TOKYO - Japanese stocks ended at a six-week closing low as weaker-than-expected company spending data dampened investor confidence about the health of the domestic economy. The Nikkei average ended down 0.16 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... Bank up 95 cents, or 3.3 per cent, to $28.43 and Westpac up 43 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to $23.14. Agricultural chemicals company Nufarm announced that it had acquired British crop protection firm AH Marks Holdings and Etigra LLC in the United States ...

The looming inflationary upswing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... News has reported that Matthew Simmons, chairman and founder of specialised energy investment banking firm, Simmons & Company International, said the current highs of $US100 per barrel are "cheap". He said oil prices could top $US300 per barrel within ...

Good governance pays 18pc more

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... highlights breaches of good governance using a colour code system. According to the study, poor corporate governance within a company reduced an industry adjusted return on assets, on average, by one per cent a year. Illustrating this, the study found ...

Garvan FP adds three

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... billion in funds under management invested in MLC. He said MLC had been approached by a number of businesses because of the company's stance on fees and transparency.

FGF wins $162m QIC mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
Melbourne-based financial services company Fisher Graham Financial (FGF) has secured a $161.7 million mandate from QIC for the firm's specialist Asian markets investment partner, Yeoman Capital Management. Yeoman Capital Management, a Singapore-based ...

Ascalon treads global commodity path

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... Ascalon acquired a 30 per cent equity interest in H3 July last year. The principals of H3 own the majority of the management company.