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Hyperion joins Packer in taking Magellan profits

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Top-performing investment boutique Hyperion Asset Management has joined billionaire entrepreneur James Packer in selling down holdings in global equity and infrastructure fund house Magellan Financial Group. According to an update to investors on Hyperion's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... cents higher at $28.50. Shares in casino operator Echo Entertainment have hit an all-time low after it lost out to James Packer's Crown on plans for billion dollar luxury projects in Sydney. It was 13 cents, or 4.5 per cent, lower at $2.78 after coming ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... prices held their ground. In other news, Echo Entertainment lost 11.34 per cent, or 39 cents, to hit $3.05 after James Packer's rival Crown Limited sold its 82.5 million Echo shares for $264 million, less than what it paid when it increased its stake ...

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Australian and 175th overall. The company's takeover bid for Xstrata has contributed materially to his net worth. James Packer is just behind in 198 th place overall and an estimated fortune of $6bn. The 45-year-old who owns a global gaming business ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... Country Road annual general meeting CWN - CROWN LTD - up 14 cents, or 1.49 per cent, at $9.52 Billionaire businessman James Packer has dismissed ongoing speculation he could buy back into the Nine Network, which recently escaped going into administration. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... Suncorp Group, Amcor, Newcrest Mining and Suncorp Group are scheduled to hold annual general meetings. Crown chairman James Packer is scheduled to speak at a Australian Financial Review function. In Australia, the market on Wednesday finished moderately ...

Macquarie in bid for Robeco: Report

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... Macquarie is regarded as a long-short contender, investment bankers expect CVC and Advent to win the deal. Having paid James Packer $5.6 billion for Channel Nine between 2006 and 2009, world leading private equity firm, CVC is expected to exit (the business) ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Spain and poor investor sentiment in Germany. In equities news, News Ltd has made a $1.97 billion takeover bid for James Packer's Consolidated Media Holdings. Consolidated Media owns 25 per cent of Foxtel and has a 50 per cent stake in Fox Sports. Murdoch's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... to $2.25 and Billabong slipping three cents, or 1.49 per cent, to $1.98. Crown Ltd eased one cent to $8.59 after James Packer started lobbying for former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett take Echo Entertainment's chairman John Story's spot on the board. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... this year to slash spending. Its shares were steady at $1.625. Rival Virgin Australia was also steady at 41 cents. James Packer's Consolidated Media Holdings has said it is not considering a sale of its 25 per cent interest in pay-TV provider Foxtel. ...