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Nomura absorbs Lehman Bros Australia

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
Around 3,000 Lehman Brothers employees, including those in Australia, will soon work for Nomura Holdings, after the Japanese investment firm inked a deal to buy Lehman Brother's entire franchise in Asia-Pacific. The deal is still subject to certain ...

BNP Paribas wins six years with AMP

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... processes for both existing and new clients," said head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Asia Pacific, Jean-Marc Pasquet. Ken Shaw, BNP Paribas head of sales and relationship management, said the mandate was a two-way, win-win strategy for both firms. ...

Kenya budgets right for investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
There are more winners than losers in the first Budget announced since the formation of Kenya's first coalition government, with local and foreign investors first in line to benefit. The group said in a report that household consumers will benefit from ...

Unlisted assets poised for higher illiquidity premiums

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... rout is also foreshadowing a repricing in direct property, as what normally happens with listed and unlisted assets, said Ken Atchison, founding principal of Atchison Consulting. But on the upside, the return of LPT multiples to modest levels will lead ...

Africa's investment renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Africa may be under the radar for many institutional investors but certain pockets are going through a period of economic renaissance, according to Investec Asset Management, one of the leading fund managers in the region. Investec, which is a relative ...

End of the world

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... reporters yesterday that he thinks the sub-prime contagion has 12 months to two years left to run. No wonder Treasury chief Ken Henry has just taken off on five weeks annual leave to look after endangered wombats notwithstanding that a Daily Telegraph ...

Another take on LPTs

... sector in the sin bin, a leading property expert said there's the odd gem to be found, particularly in the office sector. Ken Atchison, founding principal of property research firm Atchison Consulting, told the audience at the recent Centre for Investor ...

AMP launches Loan Cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... receives a discounted plan fee. According to AMP, the whole process would take mortgage brokers roughly two minutes to complete. Ken Lockery, AMP director of personal wealth protection, said the simple insurance product addressed Australia's under insurance ...

Big lift in company corporate governance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
Australia's largest publicly listed companies meet most best practice guidelines for corporate governance even though full independence remains a major challenge. "Overall the corporate governance structures for the top 20 companies by market capitalisation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
The Australian share market may open higher after US stocks gained overnight on a stronger-than-expected durable manufactured goods report. Declines in all industrial metals prices may weigh on resource stocks, however. At 0701 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...