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Private equity shakes up public markets

Who are the ultimate winners in the private equity boom? Corporate adviser and company director Linda Nicholls said the answer lies in the story about pirates and the 'little shark'. She said pirates and private equity players have a lot in common because ...

Asia-Pacific buyouts build a head full of steam: Fitch

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... global liquidity and improved credit profiles for target companies. Siew Huey Loong, director of Fitch's Asia-Pacific corporate ratings group, said the Asia-Pacific buyouts market was necessarily different to those of the US and Europe. "The LBO financing ...

Record numbers achieve CFA charter

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
... debt and derivatives analysis, alternative investments, financial statement analysis, quantitative methods, economics, corporate finance, portfolio management, risk management, asset allocation and performance measurement. Candidates must also pass three ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... hand of legal authority in matters relating to health, universities, energy and water utilities and the power to govern corporate activity as tested via the recent challenge to the Work Choices legislation by the States. The High Court voted 5-2 to support ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... to 1,393.22. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 24.28 points at 2,430.66. LONDON - UK stocks fell slightly as positive corporate results and a bounce in oil and gas producers was offset by sluggish economic data from the United States. The FTSE 100 closed ...

Mobile age drives up demand for storage: Abacus

... smaller homes and high density apartment living forcing renters or unit owners to seek extra storage facilities. The corporate sector also offers a lot of prospects with large distribution and pharmaceutical companies using storage facilities as 'satellite ...

S&P to rate NZ financials

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... themselves for credible ratings that enable comparisons within the non-bank sector," said Paul Stephen, managing director, corporate and government ratings. "Our conversations with market participants indicated that a relative strength comparison between ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... previous intraday high. NEW YORK - US stocks ended significantly higher on Monday as investors welcomed a flurry of corporate takeovers ahead of US congressional elections on Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average unofficially ended 116.14 points ...

Corporate tax needs to be more competitive: KPMG

A KPMG study of corporate tax rates in 86 countries found that those with the most attractive corporate tax enjoyed higher than average economic growth, and suggested there's room for Australia's tax rates to be more attractive to offshore investors. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
... New Zealand sharemarket propelled itself to a fresh all-time high on the NZX-50 index yesterday, fuelled largely by corporate activity. The NZX-50 index lifted 11.12 points to 3795.62, on a heavy total turnover of $NZ200 million ($A173.3 million).