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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after European stock markets rebounded as investors cheered positive company earnings and reacted to news of thousands of job cuts at Swiss bank UBS, despite a lull in trading caused by the monster US storm ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... Fixed Income Conference in Sydney. The Housing Industry Association will release new home sales data for September. In company news, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Crown, Flight Centre, nib Holdings and Ardent Leisure all hold annual general meetings. ...

AMP infra fund takes 49% airport stake

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... Captial purchased its stake from Copenhagen Airports A/S. Seven UK local authorities will retain their 51% stake in the company. "Newcastle Airport is the major airport serving the north-east of England and the Newcastle area," said Boe Pahari, AMP Capital ...

Importance of company culture overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
The importance of creating a strong business culture with core values at its centre is too often overlooked by financial services companies, according to Kim Payne, managing director of Experience Wealth Consulting. Payne, a former adviser with more ...

Wilson HTM deals to Mariner concerns

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... the value-weighted price of Wilson shares in the month to 24 October. "We have a strategic plan to restore value to the company and I believe that for all intents and purposes it addresses all the concerns that Mariner have raised," Coppin told Financial ...

ANZ to chase more China assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... Mike Smith was upbeat about the bank's record $6 billion profit at yesterday's annual result announcement and said the company would target further growth in Asia with acquisitions likely to follow. Smith described the 6% rise in revenue as a 'very solid ...

Ancestry.com snapped up in PE deal

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... group led by European private equity firm Permira Funds in a cash deal valued at around $US1.6 billion, AAP reported. The company operates a website for researching family history and has more than two million paying subscribers. It says more than 10 ...

AMP Capital attracts $872m from two new offshore investors

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... Pacific Fair shopping centre. The two new offshore investors include the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Harina Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. AMP Capital said that their respective investments ...

Value vs price in Asian debt

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... Habel said. He said that there are a lot of "hated names," that people avoid because of a poor track record, despite the company often having enough money to pay back their bonds, even in a worst-case scenario. Habel said that according to S & P, last ...

Quality could replace China volume-play

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... economic future. The area comes complete with tax breaks for private equity companies that invest a minimum amount in a company in Taicang. With so many companies who had set up operations in China resembling powerhouses like Nike, the government now ...