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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
... 7.50 points, or 0.30 per cent, to close at 2,475.88. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index forged higher on Friday, as private equity interest in J Sainsbury sent its shares soaring and optimism over the US interest rate outlook whetted investors' risk appetite. ...

Small caps lead IPO action

... in the last two years." This is because most companies outside the mining and commodities sector have looked to private equity deals instead of a public listing. Audcent predicts that the IPO market will remain buoyant well into 2007 particularly in ...

Equities the pick of the pack in 2007: Russell

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
... expects increased demand for Australian equities as a result of super fund demand, the Future Fund and ongoing private equity interest.

Public companies could learn from private equity: Tyndall

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
According to Tyndall, private equity managers are providing a shining example to public company directors of the level of outperformance they should be aiming for, as equities returns look set to dry up in the second half of 2007. Tyndall's head of ...

Goldman Sachs to buy insurer USI for $1.8bn

The private equity arm of Goldman Sachs & Co has made a play for USI Holdings, the tenth largest insurance broker in the US, in a merger deal worth just under $1.8 billion (US$1.4 billion). Under the proposed merger, USI shareholders will each receive ...

Banks to brace for bumpier ride: Fitch

... although coming from a very low base. Roche said they are concerned about the rise of leveraged buy-out activity by private equity firms in the Australian corporate sector and the resultant higher gearing levels. "If this were to coincide with weaker ...

Private equity spree hurting managers: Suncorp

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
The spate of private equity activity is making life hard for active fund managers, with index funds outperforming many Australian equities funds thanks to the soaring valuations of unloved stocks on the back of buyout speculation. According to Denis ...

Not-for-profits winning but master trusts catching up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... "Most not-for-profit funds have further diversified their portfolios, allocating money away from equities into private equity and hedge funds. This move, however, has been mirrored by some of the master trusts who have been outsourcing their diversified ...

Macquarie Clean Tech Fund raises $120m

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... than $120 million. The Macquarie Clean Technology Fund targets wholesale superannuation funds looking to invest in private equity fund of funds that offer exposure to the rapidly growing international clean tech sector. Australian investors include MTAA ...

IPO activity at record levels: Deloitte

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... almost $3.5 billion in 2005 to 16 IPOs with total capital raised of only $843 million in 2006." Woosnam said that private equity activity had also played a part. "Private equity funds have kept a number of potential IPOs away from the public market ...