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Munich Re pursues divestment from insurance

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... important market, with the insurer looking to focus on reinsurance. "The company will continue to be a strong partner in property and casualty as well as in life reinsurance business. "The change announced today allows Munich Re in Australia and New ...

CBA appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
CBA has appointed an intellectual property lawyer as its new non-executive director. Mary Padbury is currently a partner and vice chairman of international law firm Ashurst, which advises corporates and financial institutions on M&A, corporate and structured ...

Aspen Group CEO, CFO and chair depart in restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
The chief executive, chief financial officer and chair of listed property investment firm Aspen Group will leave the company following a planned management restructure. In an ASX statement, Aspen's board said that the group's strategy "can best be pursued ...

Sentiment recovers but cash still king

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... expectations. The Investor Equities Sentiment Index improved considerably to -6.4 from -14.2 in Q1, while the Investor Property Index improved only marginally on last quarter (-8.2 vs. -9.2), with both remaining in negative territory. CoreData head of ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... are also taking a more cautious attitude to lending in certain segments". A sharp 5.0% drop in the value of loans to property investors in April - undoubtedly impacted by tighter lending criteria resulting from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's ...

AMP Capital appoints industrial property head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
AMP Capital has added to its industrial property team with the appointment of a new head of industrial, asset management. Andrew Quade will lead the industrial property asset and development management team at AMP Capital and will be responsible for ...

AMP Capital partners to launch first active infra ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... AMP Capital Global Listed Infrastructure Securities Fund (Unhedged) (Managed Fund), along with the AMP Capital Global Property Securities Fund (Unhedged) (Managed Fund). The partnership will extend to a third fund, the AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund ...

Charter Hall unveils new REIT

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... Charter Hall, David Harrison, said: "Given recent volatility across global equity and commodity markets, we expect quality property with secure cash flows to remain highly attractive to institutional and retail investors. The creation of Long WALE REIT ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... consumer-related sectors - are strong and the weaker parts are showing signs of stabilisation. "The much-feared residential property market has been on a path to recovery for several months, responding well to stimulus measures taken late in 2014 and ...

Former Equititrust CEO appeal refused

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... Priority Class Income Fund. EIF, which collapsed in 2011, was a mortgage fund which lent retail investors pooled funds for property development and taking mortgages over the property. In 2014, McIvor was convicted and fined $10,000 in the Brisbane Magistrates ...