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The return of the cocooning consumer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... conducted by Retail Finance Intelligence (Rfi) found the return of the 'cocooning' consumer: people who are shunning property and shares in favour of cold, hard cash to protect themselves against job loss or financial hardship. The research firm found ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... market closed marginally higher, with a stronger energy sector and positive company earnings reports offset by lower property and healthcare stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 3.7 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,377.5 points, while the broader ...

Investors flock to listed property ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
The number of State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) listed property exchange traded fund (ETF) units on issue has nearly quadrupled in 18 months. The number SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property Fund ETF units rose from just over five million to a touch under ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... $NZ269.67 million ($A220.53 million), of which $NZ180 million ($A147.2 million) related to the reporting of a Goodman Property Trust deal. There were 54 rises and 24 falls among the 109 stocks traded.

LGS wins green globe award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Local Government Super has been awarded the 2009 Commercial Property Green Globe Award. The award follows a series of green upgrades to LGS' $500 million direct property portfolio through the implementation of its Sustainable Portfolio Program. The ...

Gen Y have unrealistic investment expectations: research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... conservative. The research found the average Gen Y investor holds a third in cash, more than 16 per cent in investment property and over 13 per cent in shares. In fact, the average proportion invested in cash rose 13 per cent to 35 per cent, while the ...

Westpoint auditors get just desserts

ASIC RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... Group collapsed in January 2006 with losses of more than $300 million. The Group promoted investments in a number of property development projects, including 10 projects using unsecured mezzanine finance (a form of fund raising that covers the difference ...

OneVue introduces portfolio blocking

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... managed account provider OneVue has unveilled a new portfolio blocking service to its SMAs to protect the intellectual property of fund managers. Brett Marsh, head of transition strategy at OneVue, said the protection of intellectual property was one ...

Aon awards mandate to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... investment style employed by Vanguard. There will also be alterations to the benchmark indices for Australian shares and property which will move from the relevant 200 index to the 300 index. The transition of the fund's Australian investments to Vanguard ...

UniSuper seeks head of property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
The $22 billion industry fund UniSuper is looking to hire a new head of property. UniSuper, the industry fund for Australia's higher education and research sector, is looking for a head of property to manage the fund's $2.2 billion property portfolio. ...