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FPA should lead not follow: Bloch

... and on the subject of commission versus fees. Bloch, appointed to the helm five months ago, said it has been a "baptism of fire" becoming FPA's new chief executive but stressed that she was "here to stay" and work closely with chairman Corinna Dieters ...

UniSuper flags $1b property spend

UniSuper is the latest megafund to flag it will invest at least $1 billion in unlisted property over the next five years, enough firepower to acquire 100 per cent or majority stakes in buildings, an investment strategy once the exclusive domain of fund ...

Private equity capital raising breaks $4bn for 2005-06

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... investments and crystalise gains as it accounts for 82 per cent of all exits Nonetheless, private equity managers are holding their fire at the moment as the survey revealed, "The number of investor exits was much lower when compared to the same period ...

ASIC bans ex-Genesys adviser

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned financial adviser, Mark Leigh Clifton, a former authorised representative of Genesys Wealth Advisers, from providing financial services for 10 years. Clifton was a NSW-based authorised ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
The number of jobs created last month rose by 23,400 in seasonally adjusted terms to take the national number of people employed to 10.2655 million. Better news was that most of the employment gain was in full-time jobs which increased by 22,600 to ...

B&B makes power play for utilities assets

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Babcock & Brown (B&B) has continued on the power utilities acquisition trail and completed the buy out of NRG Energy's South Australian based power assets, NRG Flinders. B&B paid $317 million for all of the group's issued share capital and shareholder ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... YORK - US stocks closed slightly higher in a whipsaw session on Monday as a drop in crude oil prices and a UN-brokered cease-fire in the Middle East eased investors' concerns about riskier assets Technology stocks, which suffered sharp declines in the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open lower, following sharp falls on offshore markets overnight amid worries over North Korea's test-firing of missiles. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 41 points to 5051 ...

Bravura set to fire with ASX listing

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
Superannuation software solutions and consulting group Bravura Solutions is seeking to raise around $40 million through an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listing and has just lodged a prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Mezzanine finance under fire: ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
Two directors of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will face Adelaide District Court over alleged illegal activities concerning a mezzanine financing scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges that Robin Poumako ...