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When five become one: AUI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
The $6.2 billion Australian Unity Investments is looking to morph five of its retail property syndicates and trusts into a hybrid $400 million mega fund. The fund manager is currently seeking investor approval to convert its five offerings into a single ...

UK fund seeks global eq manager

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... regional overseas equities and sterling bonds. "The expected initial allocation is 20 per cent of the fund assets excluding property," said the statement. Managers hoping for a slice of the multi-asset mandate must currently manage pooled passive UK ...

Lonsec hires head of ratings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... sectors will report directly through to Elsworth. Pavlidis joined Lonsec in August 2006. Since then he has been leading the property securities fund research team within Lonsec's Property and Infrastructure division. Prior to joining Lonsec, Pavlidis ...

Back to basics for property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
LandMark White Invest today unveilled the LMWI Diversified Property Fund - a debut offering that executes a low gearing, minimal risk approach to property investing. LMW Invest, a spin off from property valuation firm LandMark White group, secured the ...

Solaris weathers market fury

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... managing director, said the portfolio, which uses a bottom up fundamental stock picking approach, is underweight listed property trusts and financial stocks and overweight energy and capital sector stocks. He said the reason behind the continually rising ...

AIG Australia to be retained

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... Australian life insurance operation AIG Life Australia. The announcement is part of AIG's commitment to refocus on its core property and casualty businesses, AIG said in a statement it issued on 4 October. Australian policyholders are being formally ...

Govt overhauls consumer credit regulation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... requiring all providers of consumer credit and credit-related brokering services and advice to obtain a licence from ASIC. Property and share investors will also benefit from the reform package as existing rules will be extended to cover margin lending ...

Euro SRI market hits $4 trillion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... director. "In the past two years we also see the emergence of SRI thematic funds and a greater focus on areas such as property, private equity and microfinance." The growth of the SRI market is due to external pressure from non-governmental organisations ...

CHOICE selects top FHSAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... body CHOICE. FHSAs are deposit savings accounts developed by the government to help individuals save for their first property. Among the incentives are a maximum co-contribution of $850 from the government per financial year and a low 15 per cent tax ...

Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... when it is not giving me a cent to ease my mortgage debt?' This is simplistic but true. High interest rates and falling property prices have hit both gargantuan financial institutions and ordinary home borrowers alike. Much as the 228 'rejectors' would ...