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NAB buys Lodestar Capital stake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
NAB's direct asset management business, nabinvest, has bought a 33 per cent stake in long-term absolute return boutique fund manager, Lodestar Capital Partners. Lodestar Capital Partners investment management team owns the remaining stake in the business ...

Barclays owns 5pc stake in Challenger

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... over time," he said. The ASX statement followed disclosure procedure that requires listed companies to announce when a firm buys a 5 per cent or bigger stake in their companies. "A lot of stocks may sit at 4.7 per cent, [then] companies disclose to the ...

Diversa buys MARF Super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Super administration and investment management house Diversa has entered into an agreement to buy the $37 million retail master trust, Managed Australian Retirement Fund. ASX-listed Diversa Limited is looking to acquire the investment and administration ...

Macquarie buys Delaware Investments

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
Macquarie Group has entered into an agreement to buy Delaware Investments for $516 million - a move that deepens Macquarie's footprint in North America and adds a further $150 billion into its assets under management. Philadelphia-based Delaware currently ...

Count buys Evolution Advisers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
Countplus has made its eleventh acquisition through a 25 per cent share purchase in planning firm, Evolution Advisers. Countplus, part of the ASX-listed Count Financial Limited, announced the acquisition details yesterday. Evolution Advisers has been ...

ANZ buys RBS businesses for $687 million

ASX RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
ANZ forges its presence in Asia when it bought several banking and wealth management businesses in the region from the Royal Bank of Scotland for $687 million. According to an ASX release this morning, the acquisition includes the RBS retail, wealth ...

CalPERS buys Macquarie property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
One of the US' largest pension funds, CalPERS, has forked out $550 million for a 60 per cent slice of a Macquarie CountryWide Trust's portfolio of shopping centers. The $224 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System closed the half a billion ...

Neuberger Berman buys Lehman Bros

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
Neuberger Berman has agreed to acquire the businesses of Lehman Brothers Trust Company, N.A. and Lehman Brothers Trust Company of Delaware. Neuberger Berman Group which has approximately $194 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2009, announced ...

Macq Airport buys management rights

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
In a deal worth $345 million, Macquarie Capital and Macquarie Airports have agreed to a change in the Airports' management structure, investment fee model and company name, subject to shareholder approval. Under the agreement, the Macquarie Airports ...

Countplus buys first Sydney practice

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
Countplus has bought a 25 per cent stake in St Leonards-based MBT Accounting Services - marking the first purchase of a Sydney-based firm. Count Financial Limited's wholly owned subsidiary, Countplus Pty Ltd, has settled its tenth acquisition and first ...