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Julius Baer, BOC in private wealth JV

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... range of renminbi products, available to clients worldwide. Julius Baer also said it was in talks with Bank of America Corporation on buying the non-US wealth management operations of Merrill Lynch. The Swiss bank reckons that there are more high net ...

TO Panel silences Mariner

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
The Takeovers Panel has slapped an interim order on Mariner Corporation after comments made by its chief executive officer to the media. Mariner Corporation had applied to the takeovers panel to stop the sale of Austock's property business, which it ...

Family office tech suitability highlighted

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Family offices need to understand market obligations and construct their technology systems and strategy accordingly. SA(C)amus A" Concheanainn, managing director of Foxrock Consulting said given their niche client set, family offices often don't realise ...

Mariner calls it quits on Austock offer

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Mariner Corporation has withdrawn its takeover offer for Austock after a "blatant attempt" to block its bid. In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) yesterday Mariner Corporation said that the sale of the Austock property management business ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The management of the Australian Property Growth Fund is refusing to disclose its register of unit holders in defiance of an Australian Securities & Investments Commission order, said the directors of CYRE Trilogy. Bank of Queensland Chairman Neil Summersen ...

State Street acquires GS hedge fund admin services

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
State Street Corporation has agreed to acquire Goldman Sachs' US hedge fund administration services in a cash transaction worth approximately US$550 million. The transaction is due to be finalised early in the fourth quarter of 2012 with State Street ...

Govt targets early release schemes; defers SMSF transfer ban

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Promoters of illegal early release superannuation schemes will face tough penalties as part of the Government's Stronger Super reforms. Minister for superannuation, Bill Shorten, announced the crack down targeting schemes promoted as a means of accessing ...

Mariner lodges TO panel complaint

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Mariner Corporation has gone to the Takeovers Panel to try and stop the sale of Austock's property business. Austock last week announced plans for an $11 million sale of Austock Property Funds Management and its related entities to Folkestone Limited ...

Corporate bonds stagnant in Australia

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
Corporate bonds are popular now among Australian investors but Swiss-based independent active alternatives investment manager GAM said they still need to be aware of the sector's risks. Corporate and securitised bonds comprise $55bn or 10% of the Barclays ...

Perpetual sells mortgage business

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... employees nationally. First Mortgage Services (FMS) is an Australian subsidiary of US-based First American Financial Corporation. "This acquisition will increase FMS' reach in Australia and greatly enhance our capabilities as the mortgage industry moves ...