Resources
Australia: Finance
● Investment banking: Strong performance has reaped a bountiful harvest
● Hedge funds: Low running costs have let the sector blossom
● Private equity: Landmark deals have sown seeds for fruitful future. - -
Content
Oz finds its pot of gold
Reforms in the 1980s have led to 15 years of growth and a vibrant sector, reports Sundeep Tucker.
Banks: Licence to print money expires
The long run of easy profits may be coming to an end, says Louise Lucas.
Investment banking: Sitting pretty after an action packed 12 months
A vibrant mergers and acquisitions market, sophisticated and creative financial engineering and an eye for a deal have contributed to success, reports Sundeep Tucker.
Fund management: Compulsory pensions feed super pool
Virginia Marsh explains how the country’s highly sophisticated market has oustripped its Asian contemporaries.
The Maquarie model: Innovative and flexible
The bank has been remarkably profitable too, writes Virginia Marsh.
Future fund: Initiative set to boost industry
Virginia Marsh analyses a move to meet the public sector’s pension liabilities.
Hedge funds: Favourable environment attracts entrepreneurs
Louise Lucas explains why the sector is growing rapidly.
Financial boutiques: Carnegie Wylie does well in niche
Sundeep Tucker finds out why it aims to reinvent the banking model of providing independent advice.
Private equity: Financial community learns to love buy-out groups
After a hesitant start the sector is firmly established, reports Leora Moldofsky.
Stock market: Exchange expands at home so it can make its mark abroad
Merger with the Sydney Futures Exchange will bring much-needed international scale but it has also had the effect of replacing two monopolies with a bigger one, writes Louise Lucas.
