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Ironbridge to acquire 100% of Bravura

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013
Ironbridge Capital Management (Ironbridge) is set to acquire Bravura Solutions (Bravura), after Bravura shareholders voted in favour of the proposal. At a meeting held yesterday shareholders in Bravura voted in favour of the Ironbridge subsidiary company ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
Australian shares have opened weaker despite a recovery on Wall Street, but local resource giants are defying the trend. Lonsec senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local market had simply run out of momentum after a strong finish on Thursday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
The Australian share market has opened higher despite falls on Wall Street overnight. Telstra helped lead the local market upward after reporting a 12.9 per cent rise in full-year net profit to $3.9 billion. At 1027 AEST, Telstra shares were 7.5 cents ...

Bravura directors recommend Ironbridge buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
Bravura Solutions has entered into a scheme implementation agreement with Ironbridge Capital subsidiary company Stockholm Solutions to acquire the entirety of Bravura shares. Ironbridge Capital already owns a significant number of Bravura shares and ...

Buffett gives $2 billion to Gates Foundation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... children's' foundations. According to an announcement on the Securities and Exchange Commission, Buffett converted 14,000 class A shares to 21 million class B shares on 5 July to complete the donation. In 2006 Buffett pledged to give about $31 billion ...

Australian stocks weaker at close

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Australian shares closed more than one per cent lower as investors were swayed by ongoing negative sentiment. It was the tenth fall in 13 sessions. IG market analyst Stan Shamu said the deterioration in confidence had continued due to volatility in ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Australian shares are weaker as a fall in the local currency stirs an exodus from equities. The Australian dollar plunged to its lowest level since October 2011, hitting 95.11 cents in early Thursday trade. RBS Morgans Ipswich manager Tony Russell said ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
Australian stocks are lower at noon, with all the major sectors falling amid broad-based selling. The local market opened lower as investors took their cues from a weak finish on Wall Street after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the ...

Managed funds survive ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
The rise of the exchange-traded funds (ETF) industry does not come at the expense of traditional managed funds, a recent Beta Shares and Investment Trends report found. The research showed that 56% of the investors surveyed made incremental investments ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Australian share market has opened lower in a market affected by large stocks going ex-dividend. At 1045 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 18.4 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 5,067.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index was ...