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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... Association/Commonwealth Bank housing affordability report for the June quarter. Annual results are released by Babcock & Brown Japan Property Trust and outfitter Harris Scarfe. Sydney Gas Ltd holds a general meeting. In Wellington, King Solomon Mines ...

AGEST quadruples cash option to $400m

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... strategy, we're just waiting for a market turnaround and then move it back to other asset classes like shares, listed property et cetera," said Seton. Looking forward, Seton said AGEST Super is hanging on to its long-term investment strategy, and that ...

Till taxes do us part

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... more tax may be payable than on the sale of the shares with the higher cost base. "The negotiation of the options in a property settlement is not for every couple as some will want a quick and simple separation agreement. But for those that are prepared ...

What property bust?

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The assumption that the property market is going to crash is a myth, said SG Hiscock & Company. Speaking last week at an EQT Trustees lunch, Stephen Hiscock, managing director of SG Hiscock & Co, has ruled out a recurrence of a property market crash ...

nabInvest buys stake in Singapore REIT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... invests directly or indirectly in income producing real estate assets primarily in the industrial sector. The trust's property portfolio comprises of 43 buildings, with a gross book value of $767.2 million. The trust wholly owns all buildings and all ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... and the ECB and as worries about the US financial sector re-emerged. Slowing growth in the UK, punctuated by a falling property market left the BoE no option but to hold interest rates steady 5 percent. The UK's housing troubles were underscored by the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... closed weaker today on lower base metal prices and a profit downgrade by Lend Lease Corporation. While resources and property stocks came under pressure, infrastructure firm Asciano Group soared following a $2.9 billion unsolicited takeover offer by ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... Friday," Mr Halliday said. Market leader BHP Billiton fell 76 cents to $38.35 and Rio Tinto lost $1.91 to $119.69. Listed property trusts were taken lower by a big fall in Lend Lease Corporation Ltd, which expects its 2008 full-year net profit to fall ...

Future Fund still on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... portfolio. The person will contribute to the broader private markets team that invests across infrastructure, timberlands, property and private equity. The second appointment is the role of implementation manager who will be part of the operations management ...

Alternatives: shock absorbers of sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... indexes including losses of 24.1 per cent for the MSCI World Index (unhedged) and 38.3 per cent for the S&P/ASX Listed Property Trust Index. Bucking the trend is Select Asset Management's alternatives portfolio, which returned 9.3 per cent over the same ...