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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... on the Australian stock exchange. In Australia on Thursday, the share market closed marginally weaker as financial and property stocks responded to a tightening of their wholesale funding costs and continuing negative news from the US housing market. ...

Investors turn to rev mortgages for income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... is increasingly being considered a part of the planning process as a means to unlock the substantial wealth stored in property." Deloitte's reverse mortgage market study, commissioned by SEQUAL, supports Conlon's observation. The study found the top ...

Aussie quant funds stay ahead with proprietary data

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... Poor's Fund Services, said Australian equity quantitative managers would become more protective of their intellectual property (IP). "Historically a lot of fund managers have shared their IP with the market but that will change and there will be a lack ...

China proves resilience

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... volatile micro-environment in 2008 and 2009." Wang welcomed the government's recent policies designed to prevent a local property bubble. "I have been underweight property for quite some time as the environment wasn't sustainable and it needed to consolidate. ...

ING Real Estate Healthcare in merger talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... executive at ING Real Estate Healthcare fund, said the merger would enhance its position in the Australian healthcare property sector, providing increased scale. "The merged group will provide [ING's Real Estate Healthcare fund's] existing portfolio ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... Canada and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's interest rate hikes; speculation of a slowdown in China and the Chinese property market is in a bubble versus not in a bubble; emerging economies will succumb to the European crisis versus emerging economies ...

SSgA wins S&P licence for ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... offers three ETFs in Australia: the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 (STW), the SPDR S&P/ASX 50 (SFY) and the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property Fund (SLF). The SPDR S&P/ASX 200 closely tracks the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index, returning 20.7 percent between 1 July ...

JANA adds to investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... Meanwhile, Mary Power returns to the asset consultant after a stint at Warakirri Asset Management. Power was head of property research at JANA before the move. The firm also added more resources to its business development team, hiring Brendan Donohoe ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... not doing it for them. Chinese exports surged by 48.5 per cent in the year to May - the fastest in six years. Also out, property prices jumped by 12.4 per cent in the year to May. There are speculations that this sector is heading - if not already - ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... had sparked a broad rally in Shanghai and European shares. SHANGHAI - Chinese shares closed lower on Thursday, after property prices data cemented expectations that China would not reverse near term recent tightening measures aimed at reining in property ...