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Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... including commodities futures and insurance-based strategies. However, unlike Cerulli's definitions, the Future Fund defines property and infrastructure - both listed and unlisted - as tangible assets or investments that derive returns largely from the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... stock markets rose on Tuesday after a round of encouraging company earnings reports and some upbeat data from the US property market that was at the epicentre of the global economic crisis. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 35.9 points, or 0.68 ...

Macquarie in talks with Charter Hall

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... Macquarie's venture to potentially sell its real estate management platform to Charter Hall are still sketchy - but one property expert predicts the outcome of the deal could create a new heavyweight property player in Australia. The acquisition could ...

Future Fund slashes cash for alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... inefficiencies, as well as to strongly performing listed equity markets." "We have also taken up attractive opportunities in debt, property and infrastructure markets as we build towards target exposures," said Murray. Meanwhile Australian equities allocations ...

Cromwell hires head of property services

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Property and funds manager Cromwell Group has appointed former Mirvac executive Noel Woodward to the position of head of property services. In his new role, Woodward will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and ensuring the effective operation ...

Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
Three European pension funds with more than $500 billion in assets are using their investment muscle to force property companies and fund managers to stay on top of their environmental policies, following the release of a new green property benchmark. ...

Super worries plague Aussies worst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... superannuation was their top financial concern, ahead of tax, paying off loans, share investments and managing investment risk, property investing and saving. CoreData's Super and Retirement 2010 Report shows Australians expect to spend more than 20 ...

LKM directors blocked from leaving Oz

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... duties. KM operated a debenture scheme managing approximately $63 million of investors funds invested principally in property development. It was placed into receivership on 1 August 2008 by the scheme's trustee (Sandhurst Trustees Limited). LKM joins ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... Hong Kong fell as worries over expected credit tightening moves by Beijing continued to weigh on sentiment. Banks and property developers fell amid reports that Chinese authorities had ordered several financial institutions to halt new loans until February ...

Unlisted property continue to pose liquidity headaches

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Changes to the liquidity of unlisted property securities has become a big portfolio construction issue for fund trustees, financial planners and investors. The move late in 2008 by a number of unlisted property fund managers to freeze redemptions has ...