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Property syndicate closes fully subscribed in just 5 days

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
Residential property funds management is starting to emerge as a high-end investment opportunity with the latest syndicate closing fully subscribed within a week. A residential property syndicate offered by Land developer Peet & Company is the latest ...

Mortgage broker arrested

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
A former mortgage broker has been arrested and charged following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Michael Cay was arrested in Beechworth, Victoria, following an ASIC investigation into his conduct as the ...

CFS appoints REST chief

Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed outgoing Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (REST) chief executive Neil Cochrane as its new global head of business development and deputy chief executive officer. Cochrane joins the group ...

BNPPSS zooms in on Asian opportunities

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNPPSS) is looking to expand its operations into Asia and has started the ball rolling, appointing a new French managing director and expanding his job title to include responsibility for the Asia region. Filling in ...

NAB financial planner guilty of fraud

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
A former NAB financial planner has pleaded guilty to 13 criminal counts of dishonest conduct and fraud in the District Court of NSW. Paul Drakos, from the Central Coast in NSW, yesterday entered a guilty plea to eight counts of dishonestly obtaining ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
The Bank of Canada raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.25 per cent - the highest they have been since August 2001 and the seventh consecutive hike in the country's official interest rates. In the US, interest rate watchers will welcome the ...

Perpetual profits to jump 13 per cent

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
Perpetual has forecast a 13 per cent jump in its 2006 full year after tax profits on the back of strong net inflows. Perpetual Chairman, Robert Savage, said he expected the growth story to continue well through this year and into calendar year 2007. ...

Multiplex to launch and list $640m office fund

Multiplex Group is set to launch a new office fund with a property portfolio worth $640 million and has an ASX listing in its sights. The proposed fund will be called the Multiplex Acumen Prime Property Fund (MAPPF) and is subject to a capital raising ...

Head of BNP Paribas Security Services shifts to UK role

Head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia and New Zealand (BNP), Gail Burke, stepped down yesterday to take up a newly created role in London as chief operating officer for the group's UK operations. Burke only took the up the position as head ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a softer US market, as well as weakness in commodities on Friday, suggest an early negative lead for the domestic bourse. However, with expectations of an agreement on uranium sales to China ...