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AAI launches the Art Trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
Fine art is the next alternative investment to hit the market after an art specialist launched a new unit trust designed for institutional investors. Registered as a managed investment scheme, The Art Trust, adopts a unit trust structure and aims to ...

Centro rescue till Dec

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
High profile Australian sub-prime victim Centro Properties Group has been given until December 15 to refinance its debts. In a statement released on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) yesterday, Centro announced that its banks have agreed to an ...

Foreign Exempt rules under review

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Standard & Poor's Index Services (S&P) has teamed up with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to seek market feedback on a proposal to make listed Foreign Exempt companies eligible for index inclusion. In a proposal outlined in the consultation ...

Praemium signs on UK Fat Prophets

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
ASX listed separately managed account (SMA) technology provider Praemium has signed a letter of engagement with the UK arm of Fat Prophets to launch its own branded version of the British version of the SMA, SO Smartfund. According to a statement released ...

Snowball buys Mastertek

ASX listed financial services firm Snowball Group has acquired 100 per cent of the assets of specialist corporate superannuation business, Mastertek Benefit Consultants (MBC). Snowball will snap up all the assets of MBC, while the acquisition will be ...

Ironbridge to buy Bravura

Financial services software provider Bravura has announced a takeover proposal from private equity firm Ironbridge Capital which values the group at more than $270 million. Under the proposal, a company to be owned by funds advised by Ironbridge and ...

AXA numbers down, outlook up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
AXA Asia Pacific's first quarter results revealed a dramatic fall in net inflows across its platform, advice and investment arms, but one broker said the diversified group has fared better than most. In a triple blow, net inflows in AXA's advice business ...

Concise targets midcaps

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
New player Concise Asset Management has shaken off the residues of the recent share market fallout as it launches the Concise Mid Cap Fund. The new fund invests in stocks 51 to 200 as listed in the S&P/ASX 200 and contains a diversified portfolio of ...

Shares in the black despite the bears

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
The share markets are still on track for a positive calendar year, said Shane Oliver AMP Capital Investors chief economist and investment strategist. Trading volumes may also be giving us clues, he said. "While it's been very shaky, the rally in shares ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
The Australian share market was over one per cent in the red at noon following a weak performance on Wall street and a decline in metals overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 1.19 per cent, or 84.0 points lower, at 5435.0, while ...