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Rare opportunities in US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... the dominant approach here in Australia, Sentinel usually seeks two-thirds of its returns through operating income, and a third through capital appreciation. "Our basic business is investing in core cashflow assets; we typically don't use much leverage ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
Freeze frame. Wall Street has frozen with excitement. Disappointing US third quarter earnings releases last night didn't matter -majority of companies still beat expectations anyway. Data on US house prices didn't matter - they don't know where they're ...

QE2 still the main game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... Wall Street rose... a bit. The US dollar depreciated... more than a bit. There were positive reports out overnight. The third quarter reporting season is good. More than 86 per cent of companies in the S&P 500 that have already reported topped earnings ...

Hungary private pension breakdown

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... Dutch pension funds have felt the impact of a drop in interest rates with all four reporting coverage ratios decline in the third quarter. ABP, a $327 billion civil service scheme, recorded a 5.7 per cent investment return while $198 billion healthcare ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... institutions to access cheap funding. Foreign investors account for 42 per cent of all commercial purchases over $4 million in the third quarter this year, according to CBRE's latest research. Echo Capital will provide asset and investment management ...

Mixed results for US industry giants

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
Despite strong results on face value, US investors were largely unimpressed with the third quarter earnings reported by some of the industry's leading lights overnight. BlackRock, the world's largest fund manager, reported higher than expected profits ...

AMP, AXA and CFS planners choose own super

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... planners channelling 75 per cent of their business into AXA superannuation strategies. CBA/Colonial First State came in third - slightly lower than AXA at 74 per cent. At the bottom of the six planning groups surveyed, which also included MLC and Westpac ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010

State Street lifted by passive strategies, ETFs

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
State Street, one of the true global investment management giants, reported third quarter results overnight, with the Boston-based company growing profits compared to both the previous quarter and last year. Assets under management rose to US$1.9 trillion ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... QE2. There was bad news on the earnings front. The giant tech stocks are not cutting it. Apple reported lower than expected third quarter earnings. Despite beating EPS expectations, IBM shares fell after reporting the third straight quarter drop in new ...