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Vanguard chairman to retire

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... worldwide and is now the largest mutual fund manager in the US." Duffield noted that Australia was Vanguard's first non-US venture, yet today the firm serves clients in Europe, the UK, Asia and the Americas.

Westfield announces restructuring, to launch new A-REIT

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... three largest real estate investment trusts (REIT) in the Australian market. The new trust will be a 50 per cent joint venture partner in 54 of Westfield's shopping centres across Australia and New Zealand, with assets of $12.2 billion and an anticipated ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... after BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto announced they have formally scrapped plans for a $US116 billion ($A117.4 billion) joint venture in the Pilbara. BHP Billiton was down 25 cents at $41.40, while Rio was down 17 cents to $83.03. Fortescue Metals was four ...

ASIC tightens noose on managed inv schemes

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
Australia's top financial watchdog has called for strict new requirements to protect investors in managed investment schemes, but the rules could end up hurting the very same people they aim to protect. In a recently released discussion paper, ASIC ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... made any final decision about possible outcomes or next steps regarding the proposed Western Australian iron ore joint venture with BHP. In other mining news, Fortescue Metals said it had been ordered to pay $US3.7 million ($A3.81 million) in a dispute ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... made any final decision about possible outcomes or next steps regarding the proposed Western Australian iron ore joint venture with BHP Billiton. BHP was up 74 cents, or 1.87 per cent, at $40.24, while Rio had risen $1.74, or 2.26 per cent, to $78.74. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... $39.66 as it signed an agreement which includes the possibility of taking a majority interest in an exploration joint venture in Papua New Guinea. On Wall Street overnight, stocks finished a volatile session lower as traders continued to speculate over ...

Asian M&A deals to surge

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
The Asian asset management market has been forecast to pick up speed after a new report found that activity in the merger and acquisition market is growing. The latest issue of The Cerulli Edge: Asia-Pacific Edition assessed the various factors that ...

Direct property a beacon for instos

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... reverse can be said for "opportunistic investors" such as private equity funds, which are willing to dish out funds for venture capital and distressed investments, for instance. "There seems to be no shortage of domestic money, but there seems to be ...

INGIM hires southern region manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... as its head of wholesale business back in May of this year. "The sale of ING Group's holding in the ING Australia joint venture to ANZ Bank in late 2009 has resulted in INGIM being able to form direct relationships with the advising community for the ...