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Guild acquire Investment Nominees

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
Guild Financial Services, a subsidiary of the Guild Group, has merged with the trustee of Australian Childcare Super Fund (ACSF), Investment Nominees of Australia, acquiring 100 per cent of the company's shares. Under the merger Investment Nominees ...

Legg Mason launches global debt trust

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2006
Legg Mason Asset Management has launched a multi-sector bond trust aimed at giving institutional investors an actively managed global debt vehicle. The Legg Mason Global Multi Sector Bond Trust will invest up to 30 per cent in investment grade debt ...

MacarthurCook keeps on growing

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
MacarthurCook has continued to grow its Industrial Property Trust portfolio with the acquisition of a $9.25 million property in northern Sydney. The property, a two level office and warehouse complex at 22 Rodborough Road Frenchs Forest, is currently ...

Praemium adds NSW head of sales

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2006
Listed portfolio administration provider Praemium has announced the appointment of a state manager for New South Wales and ACT on the back of a national expansion strategy. The group, which listed on the ASX in May, has appointed Nat Fiennes, whose ...

Property syndicate closes fully subscribed in just 5 days

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
Residential property funds management is starting to emerge as a high-end investment opportunity with the latest syndicate closing fully subscribed within a week. A residential property syndicate offered by Land developer Peet & Company is the latest ...

True high conviction means big positions: Peters MacGregor

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
Define high conviction. To Peters MacGregor it means holding just eight stocks but backing your positions with more than 60 per cent of your total capital. Peters MacGregor chief executive officer, James Craigie, explained that to his team a high conviction ...

Praemium expands sales team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
Portfolio administration provider Praemium Limited, recently listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, has announced two key sales appointments as it goes about expanding its business. James Maramis has been appointed as institutional sales manager and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as a surge in base and precious metal prices overnight, together with another gain in oil prices, underpin the resource sector. Also, earnings from two of Australia's top 20 companies, as well as continued ...

More Australians feel financially secure

In a welcome change to recent surveys on the nation's chronic savings gap, the latest ipac Financial Security Report has found that 62.1 per cent of Australians are feeling financially secure, an improvement from the 43.5 per cent figure in 2005. Ipac's ...

Babcock & Brown swells infrastructure by $3.4bn

Home grown infrastructure group Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (ASX: BBI) has agreed to buy US utility giant NorthWestern in an all-cash deal worth US$2.23 billion ($3 billion) along with a 51 per cent stake in WestNet Rail for $435 million. The acquisitions ...