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IFM pins hopes on state governments and eyes $1bn infra deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... really good for the diversification of our portfolios." While a deal of that size is not imminent, IFM would favour a joint venture alongside a strategic investor, each taking 50% stakes in a $1.5 billion to $2 billion enterprise. A stalemate remains ...

Wolf of Wall Street can't put a price on value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... summer selling ice blocks, by 24 he was a millionaire and now, after a career that has seen him raise $1.5 billion in venture capital, he charges $50,000 for a day of consultancy. The figures speak for themselves but Belfort, or 'The Wolf of Wall Street' ...

Chief exec resigns from AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... almost 11 years as chief executive, joining the firm in October 2000 prior to the merger with AXA Asia-Pacific Holdings, a venture that dissolved earlier this year when AXA merged with AMP. Prior to his role at ABAL, Bargholz was chief economist for ...

Snowball launches advice centre of excellence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Snowball Financial Group has launched a Best Advice Centre of Excellence, a collection of some of the advice industry's leading minds to hash out ideas and new ways to improve the delivery of advice. The project is part of Snowball's Project Best Advice ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... cent, to $7.96, after announcing it would invest $US612.5 million ($A558 million) for a 50 per cent share for a joint venture of the retail premises at New York's World Trade Center site. National turnover was 902 million shares, worth $3.7 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... JPMorgan Chase fell 1.2 per cent. Dow Chemical added 1.2 per cent on the announcement of a $US20 billion ($A18.53 billion) venture with Saudi oil giant Aramco. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion lost 4.4 per cent after announcing it was cutting 2,000 ...

Aspen wins Telstra Super deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
Telstra Super has made a debt and equity investment in a joint venture property deal with Aspen Group for the development of the Australian Tax Office building in Adelaide. Telstra paid $34 million for a 50% interest in the development with Aspen holding ...

Equipsuper clears merger hurdle with Vision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... the pooled trust before combining the super fund entities. Danielle Press, chief executive of Equipsuper, said a joint venture company made up of both super funds was to become the new trustee of the pooled trust. But on May 25, Vision trustees were ...

Government plants $60m innovation funding seed

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... government. Through the Innovation Investment Fund (IIF), the government has invested $20 million in each of Carnegie Venture Capital, the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund and Southern Cross Venture Partners. Private investors are matching the ...

Direct insurance secures major player status

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... direct life business. "They are viewing it as an integral part of most business planning rather than being a 'blue sky' venture." ANZ has been providing direct insurance for over 15 years due to its strength in the insurance market, said John Russo ...