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Secondary market for private equity heats with billion dollar deal

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Several large transactions have heated up the secondary market for global private equity, suggesting predictions for market upturn were right according to new research from alternative investment research firm Preqin. AXA Private Equity's purchase of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... with net profits of 43 million euros ($A56.33 million) from April to June. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell, following big losses on Wall Street, as the deadline approaches for US lawmakers to strike a deal to avert default. Adding to selling pressure ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... per cent, to $42.26, and Rio Tinto fell $1.24, or 1.5 per cent, to $81.35. Banks and financial stocks lost ground, with the big four banks led lower by Westpac, which fell 28 cents, or 1.33 per cent, to $20.74. Telstra was one of the few companies to ...

Time for super to step up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Australia's superannuation asset pool has grown to be one of the nation's major macroeconomic advantages and it's time for the sector to take an investment and economic leadership position, said David Whiteley, chief executive of the Industry Super ...

DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... watching Washington's game of chicken, it remains the main game in town. If you believe the headlines, Wall Street dropped big time last night because the players are still waiting for the other side to blink. TheAge dot com's headline this morning says ...

Improved governance called for all round

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
Several large superannuation funds last week demanded improved corporate governance in the wake of the News Corporation scandal, but both the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Australian Institute of Company Directors have said the ...

Fund flows push life risk market to $9.5b

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... the previous corresponding period. Daniel Morris, senior manager of Plan For Life, said group risk was a "lumpy" market, as big clods of group risk moved around. In the year to March there were a couple of large deals as First State Super moved their ...

Super software given extra accounting grunt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Self-managed super fund accounting software Class Super has been enhanced with a raft of new features through a strategic partnership with a subsidiary of one of the world's biggest providers of tax, accounting and audit software. Class Financial, developer ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... cents, or 1.02 per cent, at $24.88, ANZ rose 28 cents, or 1.31 per cent, to $21.59, and Westpac added 19 cents to $21.45. The big miners were in good shape, too, with BHP up 40 cents at $43.46, despite the federal court ruling that a non-union collective ...

No way USA can't repay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
Chicken Little's back! It's back telling everyone who cares to listen that "the sky is falling". Chicken Little knows. "I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and a bit of it fell on my head" (The Sky is Falling) as it watched the Democrats ...