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Mellon buys Walter Scott

Financial services giant Mellon Financial has bought Edinburgh-based Walter Scott & Partners for an undisclosed sum as part of the group's move to beef up their non-US investment strategies. Following the deal, Walter Scott & Partners will join a growing ...

Julius Baer and Aurora offer fixed interest

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
Aurora Funds Management has partnered with Swiss giant Julius Baer to launch an Australian fixed interest fund as a feeder into the huge Julius Baer fixed interest pool of funds. The Aurora Absolute Return Fund is open to institutional investors in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open weaker as some profit taking emerges on the back of weaker global equity markets. However, base and precious metals continue to surge and oil prices also gained ground, underpinning Australia's burgeoning resources ...

AMP puts pedal to the metal

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
AMP's emphatic revival continues, with the company reporting a 29 per cent increase in cash inflows to $2.66 billion in the March quarter. Net cash flows came in at $341 million, nearly triple the $115 million reported in the previous corresponding ...

Go overseas, but go carefully: LaSalle

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
Doing the rounds of Australia this week to promote its new open-ended funds, international property giant LaSalle Investment Management was talking up international property opportunities but warned investors to tread carefully. LaSalle said Australian ...

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 ...

Excel online or perish: KPMG

The latest research from consulting giant KPMG warns that superannuation funds should provide consumers with more user-friendly websites or risk losing market share. KPMG has released the sixth edition of its 'Public Offer Superannuation Fund Internet ...

Aon buys private insurance broker Freeman McMurrick

The insurance sector consolidation continues with Aon Australia acquiring Freeman McMurrick, one of the largest privately owned insurance brokers in the country. "We are very excited about the growth opportunities that this significant acquisition offers," ...

TOWER to tower after PrefSure merger

Insurance giant TOWER Australia kicks off its merger with PrefSure by re-jigging management, releasing a new product range and, in an ambitious move, rolling out more than 30 changes to its combined insurance suite. TOWER bought PrefSure Holdings early ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as base and precious metals trod water overnight, although weakness in US stocks following the decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates is expected to flow through to the local market. ...