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Affordable housing project targets investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... projects. The concept, Australian Affordable Housing, will typically be a 50/50 or 60/40 ownership contract between the buyer and PAIL, according to the company. PAIL said it will purchase and develop a parcel of land for around 100 homes, but will sell ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... run. "It is more a case of what is not driving the market at the moment than what is," Mr Halliday said. "There is a bit of buyer fatigue around at the moment and uncertainty around what is happening in Ireland," he said. "That uncertainty usually leads ...

M&A activity to decline: report

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
An Ernst & Young report concludes that many global and Australian financial services firms prefer organic growth, with cautious attitudes held towards major acquisitions. The third Ernst & Young capital confidence barometer found that while capital ...

Perth mint eyes gold investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... we've become the first mint in the world to offer a comprehensive range of recognised bullion products where the price the buyer sees is the price they will pay," Ron Currie, Perth Mint sales and marketing director explained. "Even if there is a last-minute ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
Australian markets are expected to open weaker on Friday, as Wall Street fell after a weak outlook from technology giant Cisco weighed on investor concerns about future profits. On the ASX24 at 0613 AEDT, the December share price index contract was ...

Clash of the titans on housing bubble

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
The debate over an Australian housing bubble resurfaced this week and two of the world's leading investment houses are on opposite sides of the argument. GMO's Jeremy Grantham, a self-confessed student of asset price bubbles and an outspoken believer ...

AFS deal falls, two new prospects emerge

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... parties, said the group's chief executive, Peter Daly. In what were already quiet negotiation process, the unnamed prospective buyer and the AFS board met yesterday to finalise negotiations. According to AFS, these negotiations failed with AFS "unable ...

Takeover will not affect client funds: Perpetual

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' bid for Perpetual only involves shares in Perpetual Limited - and does not give the private equity firm access to client funds, the chairman of the committee overseeing the takeover deal told investors. "I would like to stress ...

Perpetual rejects KKR, open to better offer

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
Perpetual has rejected Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' (KKR) takeover proposal, but has left the door firmly ajar for an improved offer. "The board considers that the proposed price in the range of $38 - $40 per share does not reflect Perpetual's value," the ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE ) and Echo Capital are targeting foreign investors with new property products in Australia after the May budget revised the national withholding tax rate to a more favourable 7.5 per cent. The new strategic alliance, MITSA (Managed ...