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Reinsurance specialist boosts Australian team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... broking casualty placements for large global clients. Valerie Badcock will also be joining from London and will lead the property team with her most recent role at Willis Re. Additional hires also include Kim Collins who will be responsible for broking ...

Market Vectors lists first Aussie banking ETF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... the ASX to 90. The new ETFs give investors access to Australian banking, small and big cap resources, and Australian property. Market Vectors Australia managing director Arian Neiron said the Australian Banks ETF was the first of its kind. "Many Australian ...

Boutiques no longer have performance edge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... boutiques grew 11% pa. Half of boutique FUM is invested into Australian equities, 20% into international equities, 7% into property, 10% into bonds, 4% into cash and 8% into alternatives. While their Australian equities weighting has decreased, their ...

DEXUS, Canada bid for Commonwealth Prop Fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
DEXUS Property Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have joined forces in a bid to take over Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA). DEXUS announced today that the consortium had made an indicative, non-binding proposal to Commonwealth ...

NSW govt to reconsider Pillar privatisation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... said. But this effort, it would seem, has not come off. "Pillar requires significant investment in its IT systems and property, but does not have the internal resources to fund this. It's estimated that this could cost around $30 million so we need to ...

AVCAL appoints ICAA exec as CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... government. El-Ansary has spent almost 20 years in a number of business advisory roles with PwC, Rio Tinto and Australand Property Group. He also has experience as a policy adviser with the Federal Department of the Treasury in Canberra. "Yasser's front-line ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... unemployment rate to remain at 5.8 per cent. In other economic news, NAB releases its September quarter Australian residential property survey. In company news, Bank of Queensland issues its full year results, and NAB chief executive Cameron Clyne is ...

BlackRock creates global real estate investment platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... market coverage that will allow us to expand our activities across the real estate spectrum at a time when allocations to property as both a core allocation and an alternative investment are growing," BlackRock Real Estate Global Chief Investment Officer ...

LGS enhances ESG credentials with Green Bond purchase

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... from the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), released this month, and was ranked 36th out of over 500 property funds globally. "The results of this year's GRESB survey show that Australia and New Zealand lead the world in sustainability ...

ANU fund adopts ethical investment guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... reserves. It operates a balanced mandate with exposure to all the major asset classes including local and overseas equities, property, fixed interest, alternative investments and cash which are overseen by a five person team that includes an investment ...