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AMP Henderson to buy hair care company for $66 million

... ASX-listed company and was offered $2.15 per share by Henderson. The proposed acquisition is being funded by the Business Development Fund II, a wholesale investment fund managed by Henderson's Australian private equity team, as well as third-party debt. ...

Court freezes assets of Queensland property group

The Supreme Court of Queensland has frozen certain assets of First Foundation Developments following an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Interim orders issued by the court freeze assets to the value of approximately ...

AMP set to select ASGARD platform for new wrap products

... because of the flexibility and functionality offered by the platform and the control AMP can exercise on wrap product development." The new products would be designed to be complementary offerings to AMP's existing products, he added. "This partnership ...

Morningstar gives three star rating to Challenger small caps

... performance over the past two years while portfolio construction and execution, its investment team, compliance and process development and review have been given ratings of 'average' for each criterion. Morningstar said that since the launch of the ...

Sydney property scheme promoter sentenced to jail

... Between April 1997 and June 1998, Taylor invited certain clients of his business to invest in a number of property development projects on the Central Coast of NSW and St Kilda, Melbourne, ASIC said. No prospectus was ever lodged for any of these projects ...

Transparency the key to corporate governance: Costello

... on corporate governance in the post HIH environment. In a speech to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris on April 28, Costello said the challenge was to create adequate freedoms for entrepreneurial activity and low ...

OECD calls for greater investment, international cooperation

A greater emphasis on domestic and foreign investment has been deemed vital for financing economic development globally, according to New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark in her summary as chair of the ministerial council meeting of the 30-member ...

BankWest acquires API Finance

... includes the acquisition by BankWest of finance subsidiary API Finance with its $300 million loan and lease book and the development of an expanded range of financial products and services for pharmacists. Under the arrangement, BankWest will become ...

Cogent appoints Gail Burke to head of Australasian operations

... to take up the new role in May. "Gail's expertise and experience make her the ideal person to lead Cogent's future development and to implement BNP Paribas Securities Services' strategy in Australasia," said Michel Laurent, head of international investor ...

OECD predicts gradual resumption of economic growth

The 30-member Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said that while the global economic outlook is for a gradual resumption of growth there are still significant risks to the strength of the recovery, primarily, the build up in ...