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December 25bps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... these four countries alone take roughly 55 per cent of our exports. China accounts for more than 20 per cent. The US only buys around 5 per cent. And this has been fortunate for Australia. It has re-directed its exports to faster growing countries - ...

Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... activity further eroding its ability to repay. Are we about to see the next stage of the change in economic order? China buys the debt that the US government bought from its financial institutions? It might also want to pick up UK Inc for trimmings. ...

Macquarie buys Canadian dealer

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
Macquarie Group has bought Canadian investment dealer Blackmont Capital for $95 million ($C93.3 million) as the finance giant's global buying spree continues, and will rename the firm Macquarie Private Wealth. Macquarie announced on the ASX today that ...

Invesco buys Morgan Stanley's retail arm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Invesco has bought Morgan Stanley's $129 billion retail asset management business for $1.5 billion. The deal includes Morgan Stanley's Van Kampen Investments arm. Morgan Stanley's retail asset management business comprises of equity, fixed income, alternatives ...

Sentry buys AFG Financial Planning

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
National dealer group Sentry Group has acquired the financial planning arm of Australia's largest mortgage broker, Australian Finance Group - bringing Sentry's funds under advice to $2.2 billion. ING Australia-backed Sentry Group acquired Australia ...

Macquarie buys investment bank FPK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
Macquarie Group's buying spree continues with its latest acquisition, investment bank Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller. The buy will see Macquarie expand its North American and European presence, noted an ASX statement released yesterday. Founded ...

Perpetual buys Grosvenor

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
Perpetual has bought Grosvenor Financial Services - a privately-owned planning firm specialising in financial, investment and tax advice. Grosvenor has more than 200 high net worth clients in the medical, dental and legal professions. Grosvenor is based ...

ANZ buys ING Aus for $1.76bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
ANZ goes up the ranks of the wealth management and life insurance sectors when it acquired the 51 per cent stake it did not own in a joint venture with ING Group for $1.76 billion - transforming it into a $45 billion fund manager with more than 1,700 ...

Treasury buys stake in two boutiques

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
Treasury Group has expanded its boutique line-up, investing in absolute return manager AR Capital Management and Scotland-based global thematic equities manager Aubrey Capital Management. The deal means Treasury Group will own 30 per cent of each fund ...

OneVue buys 50pc of WealthCraft

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
Homegrown tech firm OneVue casts its net overseas after wrapping up a deal to buy 50 per cent of Hong Kong-based wealth management platform provider, WealthCraft. The two organisations worked together to launch WealthCraft Pension Administration Service ...