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AustSuper backs away from SYD takeover

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
Sydney Airport has become too expensive for pension funds, with a consortium of international funds led by AustralianSuper reportedly backing away from a takeover bid. Demand for good infrastructure has paid off for Sydney Airport shareholders over ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower despite a rise in US stocks, although concerns about a possible military strike on Syria cut into Wall Street's early gains. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was ...

BNP Paribas MD departs, successor announced

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
BNP Paribas Securities Services managing director, Australia and New Zealand, Pierre Jond will return to Paris at the end of 2013. He will be succeeded by Peter Baker, currently head of client strategy and communication at BNP Paribas. BNP Paribas has ...

Service consumption bucks downward trend in EM equities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
As emerging markets (EMs) shift emphasis from exports to consumption, some of the highest yields may come from the provision of services, according to Niall Paul, a UK-based partner at high alpha specialist wealth manager TT International (TT). "As ...

Australian Islamic finance presents opportunities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
Less than one per cent of investment products in Australia are Shariah compliant, suggesting huge opportunities for fund managers blazing the trail in this segment. The Muslim Community Co-operative Australia manages a Shariah compliant property income ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... on Tuesday, with Frankfurt and Paris closing up almost 2.0 per cent each, after dealers returned to their desks from the Easter holiday weekend to digest developments over the Cyprus debt crisis. But much of that was given up on Wednesday, when London's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... behind the result. LONDON - European stock markets have rallied in thin trading as traders returned to their desks after the Easter holiday to digest the latest developments on the Cyprus debt crisis. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading companies ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... cent, with Aurora Oil and Gas down 27 cents at $3.47 and Santos six cents lower at $12.60. Mr Heffernan said the upcoming Easter break - local markets will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday - was keeping activity subdued. "I think a lot of clients ...

EQT lodges bidder statement for the Trust Co

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... and personal wealth business. The dispatch of the bidder statement to the Trust Company shareholders is scheduled after Easter, in early April. The offer will remain open for a minimum of one month and it will close in May.

Austpac launches mortgage income fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Austpac Group has launched a mortgage income fund where investors can choose the loan to which they wish to be exposed. Austpac Group is a diversified, privately-owned, property-based management group that was founded in 2009 by Bill Boerkamp in association ...