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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... firm Par Pharmaceutical Holdings to strengthen its generic drugs business, the latest deal in a string of drug-industry mergers. Endo fell 5.4 per cent. Women's apparel company ANN, parent of chain Ann Taylor, surged 19.9 per cent following news it will ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... cents to $36.745. On Wall Street, big gains in petroleum stocks lifted the market as investors bet on more large energy mergers following Royal Dutch Shell's takeover of BG Group. Locally, oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum had added 57 cents at ...

Connect Brokers sets up Asian initiative

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... business, Connect ASEAN, is based in Melbourne and will look to help local businesses set up joint ventures, undertake mergers and acquisitions and commercial and investment operations with their counterparts in Asia. The business has already helped ...

Platinum AM appoints independent director

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... Beijing offices of that firm and as a senior lawyer he managed legal work of significant projects in capital markets and mergers including some of the largest transactions in Australia. "We welcome Stephen because his legal background will complement ...

PM Capital CEO leaves, replacement announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Rismark. Before that, he worked in the United States and Australia for Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance advisory. At PM Capital he will be responsible for implementing and contributing ...

Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
Advice business mergers and acquisitions are set to reach unprecedented levels in 2015 thanks to regulatory certainty and an increasing demand for independent financial advice. "The shackles of poor investment markets and legislative uncertainty have ...

JPMorgan appoints investment banking vice chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... banking Grant Dempsey. Simon Ranson left Citigroup in July, where he had worked for 10 years, most recently as head of mergers and acquisitions, and head of real estate investment banking. He has over two decades of industry experience and has also held ...

Insurers grow market share at cost of profits

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... market share growth can largely be explained by ongoing aggregation of superannuation funds. "For example, super fund mergers announced over the past 12 months include Sunsuper and Chifley FuturePlus, while PrimeSuper and HIP merged, as did Tasplan and ...

Pengana Capital appoints Singapore director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... Pengana Asia Special Events Fund. The fund invests in listed equities in the Asia Pacific region that are going through mergers and acquisitions, capital management initiatives, earnings upgrades/downgrades and capital structure arbitrage. Huston has ...

Investec appoints managing director, corporate advisory

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... positions at Credit Suisse, ABN Amro Australia and most recently boutique investment firm Aquasia, Ezzy will advise on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing and the development of corporate strategy. "Malcolm's strong background in advising ...