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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... announced the second round of economic stimulus by the Fed. The policy, known as quantitative easing (QE), is when the Fed buys government bonds from commercial banks in an effort to free up funds and encourage banks to lend money. US economic data out ...

AMP Capital wins UK pension fund mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011

Prime Super buys hospital carparks for stable revenue, growth

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
Superannuation fund Prime Super has made a large infrastructure investment, buying a stake in nine Australian hospital carparks. The rural and regional fund, which has just under $1.2 billion in funds under management, has invested through buying a ...

AUI banking on insto retirement capital

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... into property funds of any sort with investments not providing the anticipated returns. AUI believes that the fact that it buys the villages and then operates them at a group level is beginning to strike a chord with investors. "The key differentiator ...

It's all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... per cent. Given the current low trading volume, this would not be so difficult to achieve. One headline that shouts, "China buys all European sovereign debt... and has change to spare for America lend to America" -- or something like that -- could instantly ...

Investors splash into water rights

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... resource each year. The investor is allocated a volume of water every year that can either be used or sold. The temporary market buys these volumes of water. "We expect capital gains to be 7-12 per cent per annum and derive an annual income from water ...

Future Fund dabbles in India

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... care, infrastructure, consumer products and financial services," he told Financial Standard. Chandra said the company usually buys equity shares and does not trade in currency. The Future Fund could not disclose any information about the mandate and ...

Tech provider buys 25pc stake in paraplanning firm

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
Technology provider, Adviser Toolbox, has bought a 25 per cent stake in a boutique paraplanning firm, offering advisers insurance Statements of Advice preparation for $350. In a bid to target the advice insurance business, AusParaplanning has released ...

Super insurance commission ban not what it seems

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... not-for-profit funds. According to Rainmaker Research's 2011 Super Fund Group Insurance Survey, while $52 in annual premium buys a member in an average not-for-profit fund up to $250,000 life insurance cover, for a member in an average retail fund it ...

La Trobe buys super specialists IE Group

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
National mortgage lender and funds management firm La Trobe Financial Services has bought third party financial services firm, Implementation Efficiency Group (IEG). Greg O'Neill, chief executive of Melbourne-based La Trobe, said the purchase had been ...