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ASSET Super appoints Mercer

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Multi-industry superannuation fund ASSET Super has appointed Mercer Investment Consulting as their new asset consultant. The 114,000-member super fund which has $1.4 billion under management invited seven organisations to tender for the asset consulting ...

Instos rushing to infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Infrastructure has traditionally hovered at the outskirts of mainstream asset classes - but industry players are now putting more money into the sector as investors seek a safe haven from poor returns. According to RARE Infrastructure, institutional ...

Value of investment housing loans apps up 1.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Surging rental demand combined with damp house prices might finally be attracting more cashed-up investor capital into the housing market. According to the April 2008 Housing Finance figures just released by the ABS, while the value of owner occupied ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after a mostly weaker performance on Wall Street overnight as inflation worries were stoked after US Federal Reserve Bank chairman, Ben Bernanke, said the Fed would work hard to keep inflation expectations ...

Macq bond insurance will diversify group

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
Macquarie Group is wading into the US bond insurance market - a move that is consistent with the company's international diversification strategy, says Moody's Investor Services. Eric Dinallo, New York's state insurance superintendent, told The New ...

Macquarie EM infra index could become benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
The Macquarie Research Equities launched Macquarie Emerging Markets Infrastructure and Development Index (MEMIDI) could become an industry benchmark for monitoring the performance of emerging market infrastructure companies. The index, which is calculated ...

House prices volatile but chance of big fall lesson

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
Volatility is now beginning to show in house prices in Sydney and Melbourne but the chance of significant price falls is diminishing, according to RP Data/Rismark International. Recent fluctuations in the capital growth rates, where growth rates move ...

Retail spending stays flat during April

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
Total retail turnover maintained its near-zero growth pattern during April, reinforcing earlier trend figures that retail spending is no longer increasing as the economy begins to slow down. According to the ABS, retail turnover during April was $20.1 ...

Industry super funds spearhead recovery

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
MTAA Super, Westscheme and Cbus Super lead the pack of best performing default investment options for workplace superannuation funds over a three period year to April this year, according to Rainmaker Information data. The latest SelectingSuper data ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after US stocks were buffeted by debt rating downgrades for three investment banks. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 65 points at 5,630. Today, the Reserve Bank ...