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Folkestone acquires land for planned community

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
Listed real estate funds manager Folkestone has entered into a joint venture with ID_Land to establish the Folkestone Truganina Development Fund. The Fund has acquired an 80% interest in a 52.5 hectare residential master planned community in Melbourne's ...

Legg Mason acquires UK global equity manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
Baltimore-based asset manager Legg Mason has acquired UK international equity manager Martin Currie. With offices in six locations, the addition of Edinburgh-based business (with presence in Australia) expands Legg Mason's capabilities in active global ...

OneVue acquires SMSF admin business

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
OneVue has acquired a Melbourne-based self-managed super fund (SMSF) administration business that will extend the provider's services to tax and audit. The business, formerly owned by Super Managers Australia, will become a subsidiary of OneVue and ...

YBR acquires mortgage aggregator for $17.6 million

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road (YBR) has received irrevocable acceptance from all 24 shareholders in Vow Financial Holdings for its offer to acquire 100% of the mortgage aggregator. The offer valued Vow at $17.6 million and shareholders have ...

Channel Capital acquires QIC small cap business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
QIC's Australian small cap investment team will shortly join Brisbane-based global investment business Channel Capital. QIC agreed to divest its smaller companies capability after determining it a non-core business. Channel Capital was spun out fund ...

Folkestone acquires Maxim property boutique

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Folkestone has acquired boutique property fund manager Maxim Asset Management (Maxim), a specialist in listed real estate securities and high yield real estate debt. Maxim was co-founded by Winston Sammut in 2003. Sammut has more than 30 years' experience ...

Bloomberg acquires well-known UBS indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Independent global index provider Bloomberg Indexes has acquired a family of well-known Australian indices from UBS. Under the transaction, Bloomberg will acquire all UBS Australia bond indexes, including the benchmark UBS Composite Bond Index. The ...

Blue Sky acquires hedge fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has acquired all of the shares in hedge fund manager Investment Science. The hedge fund has approximately $70 million in assets under management and a strong investment track record. Blue Sky confirmed that key Investment ...

Sunsuper acquires holiday park chain

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
Queensland-based industry fund Sunsuper has acquired a 98% stake in nationwide holiday park chain Discovery Holiday Parks. Under the arrangement, the $26 billion super fund, which already held shares in the company, acquired a "significant majority ...

Challenger acquires SMSF business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
Challenger Limited has entered into an agreement to acquire self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) actuarial certificate provider Bendzulla Actuarial. According to Challenger, Bendzulla has a market share of more than 50% serviced through relationships ...