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AMP Capital attracts $872m from two new offshore investors

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... said the support from existing and new investors for the transaction is an endorsement of AMP Capital's well-recognised property investment capability as well as a vote of confidence in the Australian retail sector. Andrew Bird, director of property ...

Perennial defection triggers Zenith review

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Zenith has placed three Perennial property trusts under review, after key staff moved across to Colonial First State Global Asset Management. When Perennial head of property David Kivell replaced the outgoing Steven Hayes, an exodus from the investment ...

Quality could replace China volume-play

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... Jiang, vice director of the Taicang Bureau of Commerce and Investments. Often these are companies big on intellectual property and technology, but small enough that labour costs are not everything. "They want to encourage this sector," he said. One representative ...

MLC adds three managers to new strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... will use alternative strategies. They will make investments outside the traditional asset classes of shares, bonds and property and manage them by using an absolute return approach. Gosling added that because investing in hedge funds involves unique ...

CFSGAM makes four new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has made four new hires to the listed property securities team following Stephen Hayes rejoining the firm as head of property securities in September. Tuan Pham, is re-joining the firm as a senior ...

LM secures due diligence agreement

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... offshore funds, which can't be named due to a confidential agreement, have expressed a strong interest in funding several property assets within LM's Managed Performance Fund and the First Mortgage Income Fund, following a view of the assets. Peter Drake ...

BoQ first Aussie bank to post loss in 20 years

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... the first half of 2012 despite the bank returning to profit in the second, have been blamed on bad loans and plunging property prices in Queensland, as well as on a slowing economy. The last instance of an Australian bank going unprofitable for a year ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... Livingstone Valley, 50km south of Darwin. CQR - CHARTER HALL RETAIL REIT - up three cents, or 0.86 per cent, at $3.53 Property Trust Charter Hall Retail has raised $100 million to fund its acquisition of several NSW regional shopping centres. CRZ - CARSALES.COM ...

Wen again gets what Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... landing and beyond". He's again quoted in the news, this time with a change of tune. "I think the economy has bottomed... property market transaction volumes have gone up, infrastructure investment has rebounded, export orders are improving and consumption ...

Zenith upgrades State Street ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... transaction efficiency," said Zenith in the update note. Meanwhile the SPDR S&P/ASX 50 Fund, SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property Fund and the SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Yield Dividend Fund have had their 'recommended' rating confirmed. Zenith says ...