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Past performance still a bad future indicator: S&P

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... losses during down markets." S&P also found that bottom quartile funds were four times more likely to disappear due to mergers or liquidations compared to top quartile funds as fund companies typically liquidate their bottom ranking funds to make their ...

Daily Economic Update

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2007
... which posted good numbers last year is anticipated to be again among the better sectors. Moreover, the activity in the mergers and acquisitions area is likely to keep a baseline level of support under the market. A study by Professor Bob Birrell of Monash ...

Foreign investors splash $13.8b on M&A

... credit availability and strategically attractive high performance Australian assets," said Robert Bazzani, KPMG's head of mergers and acquisitions. "Australian companies, particularly industrial and resources companies, are performing very well, producing ...

Party like it's 1999: Allianz Global

... But the same interest in the tech sector is yet to play out and may well be a trend into next year after MacDonald said mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity will continue. "There is no reason for it to stop. Despite slowdown in liquidity creation ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... 100 index set its highest closing level since February 2001 as a wave of optimism about the global economy, earnings and mergers and acquisitions swept world markets higher. The FTSE closed up 19.5 points at 6,244.0. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at ...

Land of the giants: World's top 500 fund managers

There's been a major reshuffle in the annual list of the world's 500 largest fund managers after the spate of mergers and demergers that rocked the industry last year. According to the annual Pensions & Investments/Watson Wyatt World 500 Ranking Survey ...

Scale is king and it saves members money too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
Funds are no longer talking up mergers for their own sake, but it is already clear that well executed mergers or growth strategies can save members a significant amount of money. Alison McIvor, national manager marketing and communications at Australian ...

Mergers deliver cost savings to members

Vision Super and CARE Super may have abandoned plans to merge but those who took the leap, such as AustralianSuper and AUSCOAL Super, are enjoying big savings from merging their operations. Speaking at the annual Fund Executives Association (FEAL) conference ...

Get rid of the Greek: Russell

... Schoenheimer, managing director of Russell Invesment Management in Australasia, spoke about key industry trends on scale, fund mergers and investment performance fees at the annual Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) conference held yesterday. Among ...

GPE give super funds access to Witchery

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
... (GPE). GPE is the leveraged buy-out arm of investment banking group Gresham Partners which is involved in property and mergers and acquisitions in both Australia and New Zealand. GPE managing director, Roy McKelvie, said a number of their private equity ...