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BetaShares expands coverage

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... "While there is still further work to be done by the industry, we expect to see ETFs become a core and mainstream building block for client portfolios in the future," said Corbett.

Lonsec urges advisers to revisit EMs

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
After a "brutal" year for emerging market investors, things might be looking up, said research house Lonsec. It has been a rocky ride for emerging market investors over the past 12 months, with "true believers in the merits of an expending emerging ...

Mariners bid underdone

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... in the face of Mariner's offer for all shares in Austock, and the sale was labeled by Mariner as a "blatant" attempt to block the bid. On 10 August the Takeovers Panel released its findings, saying "Mariner did not have funding arrangements formally ...

Austock seeks liquidity for shareholders who want out

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... after it labeled Austock's sale of its property funds management business to Folkestone Limited as a "blatant" attempt to block its bid for all shares in the company. The share buy-back is subject to completion of the sale to Folkestone, which will be ...

SSgA launches two fixed income ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
State Street Global Advisors has launched two fixed income exchange traded funds that will offer investors easier access to the Australian bond market. The new ETFs are the State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) SPDR S&P(R)/ASX Australian Bond Fund and ...

TO Panel silences Mariner

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... applied to the takeovers panel to stop the sale of Austock's property business, which it labeled as a "blatant" attempt to block its bid for all shares in the company. After Darren Olney-Fraser, Mariner chief executive officer, publicly commented on ...

Mariner calls it quits on Austock offer

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Mariner Corporation has withdrawn its takeover offer for Austock after a "blatant attempt" to block its bid. In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) yesterday Mariner Corporation said that the sale of the Austock property management business ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The management of the Australian Property Growth Fund is refusing to disclose its register of unit holders in defiance of an Australian Securities & Investments Commission order, said the directors of CYRE Trilogy. Bank of Queensland Chairman Neil Summersen ...

ACCC clears Hastings offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... key event in the Hastings takeover battle would be the findings of ACCC in relation to the APA offer. "If the ACCC doesn't block APA then I think it [APA] will come back with a higher offer," said Atkins. Hastings' responsible entity, Hastings Funds ...

Pipeline Partners makes HFM bid

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... findings of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in relation to the APA offer. "If the ACCC doesn't block APA then I think it [APA] will come back with a higher offer," said Atkins. He said the fact that HDF's current market price ...