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City Pac dumps MFS deal

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
City Pacific has announced that it is pulling the breaks on its offer to buy MFS Limited. According to a statement released on the ASX yesterday, City Pacific chief executive Phil Sullivan said that the Board of City Pacific has resolved that "it will ...

ETFs weather one-stock shocks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
According to Ord Minnett head of research and investment strategist Simon Kent-Jones, investors burnt from the Centro Properties fallout could have lessened the heartache of their losses had they invested in ETFs rather than direct company shares. "In ...

Calliva offers SuperAccess to SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Mortgages and superannuation funds meet at a crossroads in a new market venture that will give self-managed super funds (SMSF) members the chance to invest in property through their mortgage loans. ASX listed Firstfolio has partnered with specialist ...

Harvesting performance from agribusiness

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
Returns might be hard to find on world stock markets but agricultural markets are continuing to sprout new growth. According to the Commonwealth Bank February Agri indicators report, "The Agribusiness sector continues to hold up well despite the uncertainty ...

UBS Aus equities will deliver: Shields

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
UBS has completed its Australian equities team restructure after appointing analysts Jeremy Bendiech and Shane Fitzgerald to the group. These appointments follow the departure of Paul Fiani and four senior members of the firm's Australian equities team ...

Bell Financial Group to buy Tricom

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
Bell Financial Group announced today that it has signed a heads of agreement to acquire 100 per cent of embattled futures broking firm, Tricom Group. "Should all conditions precedent be satisfied, Bell Financial Group would provide a capital infusion ...

G'day Vietnam

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
A Vietnamese investment company with a 20 per cent plus target return is set to list in Australia, offering local investors access to the second fastest growing economy in Asia. Lawrence Nguyen, chief executive of Vietnam Emerging Capital Limited (VECL) ...

India dominates global IPO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
The volatile Indian stock market may have been hit harder than stock markets in the developed world during January but it hasn't frightened companies that believe in its upside, judging on latest global IPO data. The Indian market wide NIFTY index from ...

MFS seeks name change to GEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
MFS Diversified Group is proposing to change its name to 'GEO Property Group' as it seeks to distance itself from the recent turmoil surrounding the listed business, MFS Limited. Under the proposal MFS Diversified will be renamed GEO Property Group ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher today, taking a positive lead from the US overnight. At 0800 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 55 points to 5,608, on a volume of 5612 contracts. ...