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Goodman makes play for $1.2 billion ING REIT

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Goodman Group, along with "three major pension and sovereign wealth funds", has made a move for the ING Industrial Fund, it was revealed this morning. In a statement to the ASX, ING said it had received a "highly conditional" proposal from the consortium ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
Whoa boy! Hold your horses! QE2 expectations are going out of hand. It started with just over a couple of billions and then grew, and grew, and grew. Just two days ago, I wrote about St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher Waller ...

Takeover will not affect client funds: Perpetual

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' bid for Perpetual only involves shares in Perpetual Limited - and does not give the private equity firm access to client funds, the chairman of the committee overseeing the takeover deal told investors. "I would like to stress ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... index increased to 50.2 in October - more than market expectations for a 49.9 print - from 48.6 in the previous month. Good yes. But not good enough. Americans remained anxious about their jobs and worried about their income, the details of the report ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon, despite a positive lead from Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 22.9 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 4,687.1, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 19.9 ...

Westscheme sells $300m Brisbane property

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
The $3.2 billion Westscheme has sold its stake in Brisbane Square for $300 million to Telstra Super and the Charter Hall Core Plus Office Fund. According to a media statement yesterday, Westscheme announced the $300 million enterprise value meant the ...

QE2 still the main game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... of the country seeking higher yields elsewhere. Result. Weaker currency. And then we have the grand daddy of them all. QE2. Yes, print more of the green stuff. In an interview with Reuters, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Director of Research Christopher ...

G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... at sustainable levels." Well done boys! Looks good... on paper. Now that everyone's in agreement, tell me how do we do it? Yes, there weren't any concrete plans for concrete guidelines that would enforce concrete actions to prevent unilateral policies ...

Cashed up AustralianSuper ready to pounce

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
The $33 billion AustralianSuper is considering reducing its 6 per cent cash holdings and allocating more into global equities, unlisted infrastructure and other asset classes by the end of the year. Bernie Fraser, independent director and AustralianSuper ...

Pigs are bacon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... $1.3921 against the shared currency. The dollar strengthened 0.3 percent to 81.35 yen after reaching a 15-year low yesterday." Yes, and this happened simultaneous with a positive performance on Wall Street. This shouldn't be? Isn't the "new ordinary" ...