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Unlisted assets poised for higher illiquidity premiums

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Property experts predict the LPT sell-off will trigger a price correction in the direct property market but at least when the dust settles, super funds should enjoy illiquidity premiums not seen in years. Latest Rainmaker Data shows the performance ...

Proactive planners ease client concerns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
... the content than anything else," said Browne. "We referred to study which found that if you pulled your money after a correction, what long term financial implications could result. It was a technical piece but I only sent it out to my high net worth ...

Intech rebrands

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
... the end of last year, Intech conducted a strategic review of its operations, which led to the rebranding exercise. Correction: An earlier version of this article reported that Skandia was going to be renamed Old Mutual, according to the company's website. ...

Sovereign bonds bouncing back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... The shift to sovereigns is at the expense of corporate debt issues which continue to languish following the sub-prime correction. Thomson Reuters said corporate debt issuance fell by 30 per cent over the same period. "Sovereign bonds are making a comeback ...

Allianz opens Mid East office and funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
Allianz Global Investors is opening an office in Bahrain and launching two Shariah compliant equity funds to extend its investment and product distribution capabilities to the oil rich countries of the Middle East. The Bahrain based Allianz office will ...

Car sales put on the brakes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... the 12 months to April, compared to the previous 12 month period where sales jumped nearly 13 per cent it's a massive correction. The ABS said the largest decreases in April were reported in New South Wales which dropped 1.1 per cent, followed by Queensland ...

House prices 30 pct overvalued

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... above their long term valuation trend line leading to speculation that softening market conditions could trigger a correction. The counter view however is that lack of supply adds a new dynamic that has shifted house prices into an upward spiral, said ...

Managed accounts hold trumpcard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... annum for the last five years. There's a lot of [embedded] capital gains associated with that." "Without the market correction, it would probably have been more difficult to move out of managed funds into SMAs because of the tax consequrences but in ...

Primed and ready for growth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... major point of difference," said Anthony McDonald, PrimeSpace Property Investment's chief executive officer. The market correction and shakeout in the sector just highlights how not all property managers are the same, said McDonald. "Not too many property ...

ANU down $100 million

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
The global sharemarket correction has cost the Australian National University (ANU) $100 million. The ANU vice-chancellor, Professor Ian Chubb, said their portfolio is down about 8 per cent, but he added that they didn't need the money right now and ...