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Foreign direct investors turning to Australia for growth

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... follows a year in which foreign direct investment inflows fell from $51.9 billion to $34.7 billion due to the fall in mergers and acquisitions activity in the mining sector. The report added: "However, foreign investors in other sectors, particularly ...

Charter Hall appoints CIO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... created following a management restructure announced in February. He will be responsible for Charter Hall's strategy, mergers and acquisitions and corporate development and transactions, and will also become a member of Charter Hall's executive leadership ...

APAC M&A on the wane after a record year

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan) mergers and acquisitions activity has dropped 34% in Q1 2016 compared to the prior corresponding period. Mergermarket's Q1 2016 global M&A trend report reveals that the decrease down to 700 deals, representing US$131.8 billion ...

New CEO at Board of Taxation

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... and international funds in property, infrastructure, equity and private equity; due diligence; structuring for corporate mergers; reorganisations; takeovers; and acquisitions including cross-border finance arrangements and global loan facilities. She ...

Survey reveals super fund strategic priorities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... priorities. Fresh concerns highlighted in this year's survey which did not feature last year were data analytics, fund mergers or alliances, and the appointment of independent directors. Nine out of 10 chief executives think high level objectives should ...

Legg Mason makes three acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
It is expected 2016 will see mergers and acquisitions intensify and global asset manager Legg Mason has already jumped on board, recently making three major announcements. From its Baltimore offices Legg Mason announced it will acquire a majority equity ...

QIC bolsters infrastructure team

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... Eric Belman was most recently managing director, business development at GE Power and Water. Prior to that, he oversaw mergers and acquisitions strategy at United Technologies and PepsiCo. At QIC, he will manage the group's North American infrastructure ...

Advice M&A deals boom after years of stagnation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Mergers and acquisitions of advice practices are happening at an unprecedented level due to excellent market conditions, according to Forte Asset Management director Steven Prendeville. Speaking at a panel session of the FPA Congress titled 'How to ...

NAB enters into MOU with Nippon Life

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... to buy Japanese life insurer Mitsui Life. This follows the insurance giant announcing its A¥1.5 trillion ($17 billion) mergers and acquisitions budget for the next 10 years earlier in 2015.

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... into the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Governance) Bill 2015 shows that increasing scale in super through mergers and raising competitive tensions would reduce fees. Andrew Bragg, acting chief executive of the FSC said: "On a day of reform ...