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Where to in global equities?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... financials have highlighted that," he said. Not just PE ratios, price-to-book are also not a fool-proof indicator of value buys. "Lehman and Bear Stearns were trading below price-to-book before the events that happened...this highlights the value of ...

Challenger buys 30pc stake in ex-CS boutique

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
Challenger has snapped up 30 per cent of a soon to be launched fixed interest boutique headed by former head of fixed interest at Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia, Ben Alexander. Challenger will buy one third of the new boutique, expected to ...

IRESS buys boost profits

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
IRESS' buying spree earlier this year has fattened the profits of the company's wealth management business by 7.2 per cent. IRESS wealth management arms in Australia and New Zealand reported a healthy first half with revenue increasing by 7.2 per cent ...

nabInvest buys stake in Singapore REIT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
NAB's investment arm, nabInvest, sets its sights on Singapore's growing real estate investment trust (REIT) market when it formed a joint venture with Singapore-based real estate manager Oxley Capital to buy a stake in Cambridge Industrial Trust (CIT). ...

IRESS buys DMS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
Listed technology group IRESS buys Dealer Management Systems (DMS) for $6.65 million, in a deal that consolidates IRESS' technology play in planner commissions processing. IRESS has announced it acquired DMS for 1,083,334 shares in IRESS, which values ...

Count buys $6m stake in Mortgage Choice

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
Financial advice firm Count Financial has palmed a $6 million slice of Mortgage Choice as it ups its stake in the mortgage advice space. Count acquired a 4.9 per cent interest in the mortgage broker under the advice of Lehman Brothers, noted a statement ...

Genesys buys TIME Partners stake

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008
Genesys Wealth Advisers bought an equity stake in Maitland based financial planning practice, TIME Partners. This capital injection from Genesys will allow TIME Partners' principals to buy further planning practices in the region and also develop a ...

LGSS buys Batemans Bay shops

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
The NSW Local Government Super Scheme (LGSS) purchased two Batemans Bay based shopping centres worth more than $90 million. Peter Lambert, LGSS chief executive, said the super fund bought the adjacent shopping centres from Stockland for less than the ...

Plan Protect buys boutique firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
AXA financial planning representative, Plan Protect purchased Sydney CBD based financial planning practice, Bearsden Holdings, boosting its funds under advice to more than $200 million. Bearsden Holdings comprises of two financial planners including ...

Bell Financial buys Southern Cross Equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
Bell Financial Group (BFG) is one step closer to becoming one of Australia's largest independent broking businesses after signing an agreement to buy Southern Cross Equities for approximately $150 million. The transaction consists of a 50 per cent split ...