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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
... stocks. "A lot of the poorer quality stocks have moved up on speculation that there may be some corporate activity or private equity appetite without earnings being supportive of that," Mr Xiradis said. "These types of stocks may be subject to a further ...

AAS loses chief executive

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
... acquired by Telstra in 2001. In 2006, AAS was then acquired by Link Market Services who is in-turn owned by the private equity group Pacific Equity Partners. According to Rainmaker, AAS administers superannuation covering approximately 3.5 million member ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
... outlook and a rise in oil prices outweighed a frenzy of acquisition activity, including what may become the biggest private equity buyout deal in history. Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 15.22 points, or ...

Japan set to jump on global PE train

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
A study conducted by Adveq, the Swiss private equity fund of funds manager, has found that Japanese institutional investors are set to follow Australian investors and institutions the world over in increasing their private equity allocations. The study ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... being driven by the low cost of debt with much money around and a low interest rate environment, activity in the private equity area and the increased market liquidity provided by the increased market size that has been feeding off the growth of the ...

Asset Super's strategic investment shift

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... $55 million Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA) investment via Intech. This is on the back of a $160 million private equity programme initiated with Quentin Ayers last year. "The move to the GTAA product has helped balance the risk across our blended ...

Vision Super eyes shopping sprees in China

... direct property." Meanwhile, to bump up local property returns, the fund awarded mandates to property funds with a private equity flavour, namely $30 million to the Investa Enhanced Fund and $20 million to the Gresham Property Fund 3. It also gave Eureka ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... ahead. Fear of job losses has prompted backbenchers to lobby the government to intervene in the proposed $11.1 private equity bid for Qantas. Airline Partners Australia, the group involved in overseeing the transaction met with 40 MP's in Canberra yesterday ...

PIMCO creates new head of consultant relations role

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... light of compressed yields and stretched valuations in defensive sectors like property and infrastructure. Further, private equity activity has added a whole new dimension of risk in markets. We see the provision of high quality research focused on innovative ...

NAB wary of private equity but keen to play

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
National Australia Bank's institutional banking arm, nabCapital, will continue to do private equity work, despite the view within the bank that the higher level of activity in private equity was increasing its risk profile. NAB chief executive John ...