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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected open stronger following an across-the-board rally in commodity prices and a better Wall Street lead. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0726 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 10 points at 5,384. ...

MFS buys 40 per cent of Vantage

MFS Alternative Asset has acquired a 40 per cent stake in private equity management group Vantage Asset Management (VAM), its maiden investment in the alternative asset sector. The group has also bought $2.3 million worth of shares in Vantage Private ...

Bluestone crossing the Tasman for NZ equity release

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Equity release specialist group Bluestone is expanding its footprint across the Tasman with the launch of a range of equity release products in the New Zealand market. With backing from Westpac's institutional banking arm, Bluestone is entering a New ...

Bluestone making aged care bonds affordable

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
Bluestone Equity Release has launched a new product to assist retirees in funding residential aged care accommodation bonds by using the equity in their family homes, while also resisting any rise to its fixed-for-life product despite last week's 25 ...

MISs distort agribusiness sector: McGauran

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
Federal Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran has joined calls from some in the agriculture industry to curb the involvement of managed investment schemes chasing a tax break through the sector. Speaking to ABC's NewsRadio yesterday afternoon, McGauran ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply lower as weakness in global equity markets paints a bleak picture for the domestic bourse. While precious metal and oil prices both made slight gains overnight, weaker equity markets - with European ...

SEQUAL refurnishes with new chairs

The Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL), has just announced its new chair and deputy chair. Peter McGuiness, chief executive of BlueStone Equity Release, and Sue De Broglio, head of risk products at Macquarie, will join ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly weaker as a soft lead from US stocks sparks potential for profit taking. However, investors embraced earnings results yesterday and a continuation of that trend, coupled with firmer commodity ...

Perpetual add to direct property team

Perpetual Limited (Perpetual) have filled the position of senior analyst of direct property to help build new retail and institutional direct property products, and to join their other three recent appointments to the group. Orion Jandera, formerly ...

Bluestone reverse mortgage to offer interest rate protection

Bluestone Equity Release, a subsidiary of Bluestone Group, has released a new reverse mortgage product with a "capped for life" variable rate providing interest rate protection for retirees. Estimated to be worth $600 million in 2005, the reverse mortgage ...