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Mason Stevens buys 2020 Funds Management

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
Managed accounts provider Mason Stevens has bought 2020 Funds Management Limited and 2020 DIRECTINVEST to create a new entity, One Capital Management. Mason Stevens and 2020 Funds Management product capabilities, with a new focus on the SMSF market ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... backpackers but it's causing distress among domestic exporters and import-competing industries. The Australian dollar now buys more 4.3% more greenbacks than it did when the RBA last lowered the cash rate. "The unemployment rate remains closed to 5 per ...

Bonds, tailored equities and income top ETF picks

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... million by year's end, according to Russell Investments, who has picked bonds, international equities and income as the best buys for growth for next 12 months. The Australian exchange-traded fund (ETF) market has reached $5 billion in assets under management ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank buys Bank of Cyprus Australia

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has acquired 100% of the Bank of Cyprus Australia for $130 million with a $120 million share placement to selected institutional investors also underway. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) reached agreement with the Bank of Cyprus ...

ANZ buys 100% of Linwar Securities

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
ANZ Banking Group has purchased the remaining 50% of Linwar Securities in what the bank said was a natural progression for the company. ANZ already held a 50% stake in Linwar through its 2007 acquisition of E-trade, which bought the stake in Linwar ...

Dividends boom as capital returned to investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... market and were instead buying up resources which have recently underperformed. "In stock movements this translates into buys of BHP and Rio and selling down the banks, in-line with our strategy of providing investors with an easy access point to a disciplined ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... sales of shorter-term debt instruments. Hence, it would have little or nil effect on inflation as did QEs 1 and 2. As the Fed buys more long-term Treasuries, their yields fall - effectively handing capital gains to the central bank. The Fed's capital ...

nabInvest buys equities start-up stake

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
nabInvest has continued its acquisitive streak by turning its attention to a Sydney based start-up, acquiring a non-controlling stake in quantitative based equities specialist Redpoint Investment Management. National Australia Bank's direct asset management ...

Fiducian plans further client portfolio buys

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Fiducian Portfolio Services hopes to add to the $1 million it spent on acquiring client portfolios in the last year, after announcing a 7.8% rise in after tax profit for the financial year ended June 30 2011. Its $4.43 million net consolidated profit ...

iPac buys $230m SA planning practice

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
Wealth management firm iPac has bought a $230 million Adelaide-based planning practice, growing the funds under management of its South Australian arm to more than $1.2 billion. Financial advisory firm Intervest Holdings has taken its team of six financial ...