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Ironbridge to buy Bravura

Financial services software provider Bravura has announced a takeover proposal from private equity firm Ironbridge Capital which values the group at more than $270 million. Under the proposal, a company to be owned by funds advised by Ironbridge and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket was trading lower at noon with no lead from the US market and as investors took a breather after a week of rallying. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 18.9 points to 5,583.8, and the broader All Ordinaries ...

Bad genes won't hurt insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
A proposed government ruling in the US will prevent insurers and employers from discriminating against people based on their genetic test results. According to the Washington Post, the US Senate has passed the Genetic Information Non-discrimination ...

Bravura becomes a prime buy target

Caught up in the troubles of margin lender Lift Capital, homegrown financial software group Bravura has become an even juicier takeover target for IT companies, private equity and even fund managers, with Archer Capital, GBST, DSTi and Perpetual named ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
The Australian share market has received positive but indifferent leads from Wall Street leading into opening this morning, although the high-tech Nasdaq index was up more than one per cent. In London, base metals were down. There was little clue from ...

Market bottom approaches, recovery expected soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Investors need to put the latest stock market correction into perspective as it is just a five-yearly pattern repeating itself, explained the KBC investment banking group that is represented in Australia and New Zealand by Liontamer, in a recent global ...

Swiss sustainable FUM up 67 per cent

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
The Swiss sustainable investment market jumped 67 per cent last year to $33 billion at the end of December 2007, according to investment consulting and research company onValues. The Zurich based firm surveyed 19 investment managers on "specialist sustainable ...

Int'l equities full of quality: S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
A Standard & Poor's international equities review found more than half of the funds had achieved either four or five star ratings. The report analysed 62 large cap and nine small cap international equities funds and found six had been awarded five star ...

FPA to provide PI insurance to members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is calling for submissions to provide group indemnity insurance for its members by June this year. Jo-Anne Bloch, FPA chief executive, said prior to this action, planners would either find their own indemnity ...

Coin downsizes software for advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Coin Software has developed Risk Lite, a condensed version of Coin Office that allows risk writers to manage all client data and recommend a product faster. Using Risk Lite the risk writer can identify each client's specific insurance requirements and ...