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IRESS snaps up Spotlight

Fresh from its recent acquisitions of PlanTech and VisiPlan, IRESS Market Technology is making its presence felt in South Africa with the acquisition of planning software provider Spotlight Interactive for $6.4 million. The South African software business ...

RECP goes north

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... high performing property vehicles," he said. Heading up the new Brisbane office will be former private planning business owner Simon Davis, who takes on the title of state manager for Queensland. Jason Bennett, chairman of the Real Estate Institute Commercial ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... Optus-Elders joint venture had been chosen to take broadband to rural and remote areas of the nation. At 1027 AEST shares in Optus-owner Singapore telecommunication were up three cents to $2.62. Meanwhile, rival Telstra lost three cents to $4.79. On ...

Macq enters forex market

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
Macquarie has purchased 51 per cent of fast-growing online foreign exchange provider OzForex, allowing it to offer tailored foreign exchange services to its 670,000 retail customers. The purchase means OzForex will become the recommended supplier of ...

Public companies should learn from private equity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
Public companies could emulate the perceived success of private equity if their boards were allowed to be more independent and they were empowered to manage companies more actively, including using more leverage. "Industry wide outcomes are mixed, but ...

Beware the private equity trap

The gloves are off between private equity investors and turnaround experts after an insolvency expert warned that small to medium enterprises (SMEs) should think twice before tying up with a private equity fund. While high profile private equity bids ...

HESTA joins better research alliance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
Industry fund HESTA has joined the Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI), an international collaboration that rewards analysts and brokers for greater depth and breadth of research and the inclusion of factors such as corporate governance, human capital ...

Share ownership down but trading activity up: ASX

... opposed to day traders who might bail out at the first sign of a market correction. According to the report, a typical share owner was just as likely to be male as female, aged at least 35-years-old with a university degree and have a household income ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
The local market will likely take direction from New York, despite base metals heading lower on the London Metal Exchange. At 0803 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was up 34 points to 6,341, on a volume of 1,855 ...

Accommodation shopping? Try the local mall

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... renewed interest for investors and developers. But developers seem to have bigger fish to fry and investors are competing with owner-occupiers for established homes, driving house prices up in areas of limited stock. In April, 33.8 per cent of new mortgages ...