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Macquarie Bank takeover of RG Capital gets green light

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2004
... RG Capital Radio the first asset in a new Macquarie Bank fund designed to invest in regional media assets. Macquarie Bank buys assets, puts them into funds and charges shareholders fees for managing them. Regional Media has said it has no intention of ...

MFS buys Japanese resort

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2004
Queensland-based diversified financial services group MFS, which took control of Victorian ski resorts Falls Creek and Mt Hotham in May, on Monday unveiled a multi-million dollar plan to build an 8000 bed ski resort in Japan. MFS is using the expertise ...

Perpetual buys into Adelaide to Darwin railway

Perpetual's Diversified Infrastructure Fund has secured a second investment, taking a 5.6% equity stake in the Asia Pacific Transport Joint Venture (APTJV), the company announced on Thursday. The APTJV is the owner and freight rail operator of the 3000 ...

Mariner buys Megamart bulky goods complex

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
Retirement solutions provider Mariner Retirement Solutions said today it has entered into a contract to acquire the Megamart Alexandria retail site in Sydney for $45 million. The 12,071 square metre property comes with a 15-year credit lease to Megamart ...

Ramsay buys Benchmark Healthcare for $125mln

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2004
Ramsay Health Care said today that it had acquired 10 hospitals in Victoria and South Australia after agreeing to acquire all the shares in Benchmark Healthcare group for $125 million. The benchmark acquisition comprises 980 hospital beds and 68 aged ...

QBE buys out ING stake in QBE Mercantile Mutual JV for $740 mln

Australia's QBE Insurance Group said today that it had agreed to purchase ING's 50% stake in the QBE Mercantile Mutual joint venture. The initial purchase price for the general insurance underwriting assets is $740 million with an additional $25 million ...

Bluestone buys into reverse mortgage market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
Non-conforming lender Bluestone Group Pty Limited is entering the budding reverse mortgage market, offering older Australians fixed interest cash loans for the rest of their lives. Reverse mortgages have drawn controversy from consumer groups - given ...

ABN Amro buys 50% stake in Absolute Capital

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
ABN Amro has acquired a 50% in Absolute Capital Group, a Sydney-based fund manager, the bank said in a statement yesterday. The Netherlands-based bank said it is keen to support the development of the structured credit products market and has entered ...

Macquarie Bank buys entire ING Asian equities business

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
Macquarie Bank will buy ING Group's Asian equities division for an undisclosed sum, nearly tripling its head count in the region and adding 1,000 new clients. Macquarie will inherit 428 ING staff across 10 countries, Mainly in Hong Kong, Singapore and ...

US and Australia sign free trade agreement

... industrial tariffs ever achieved in a US free trade agreement". Australia, the United States' 13th largest export market, buys more goods from the United States than from any other country. The US economy has a $US9 billion ($A11.84 billion) trade surplus ...