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Direct property shines in NFP funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... Not-for-profit super funds have continued to outperform over the past year as a result of their high allocations to direct property, according to Rainmaker Information. "Our research has shown not-for-profit funds have increased their lead because of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... morning trade, but retreated on profit-taking to end 3.18 per cent higher, or by 734.97 points, at 23,872.43, buoyed by property and financial plays. WELLINGTON - Bargain hunters came out to play for a second straight day on the New Zealand sharemarket ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... release its Governance of Superannuation Funds Survey. Stockland managing director Matthew Quinn speaks at the CEDA 2008 Property Market Outlook seminar. The local sharemarket closed marginally higher yesterday as investors bided time while the board ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... as investors bought to raise their portfolio value in the second-to-last session of the financial year, led higher by property firms such as Mitsubishi Estate. The benchmark Nikkei rose 215.89 points to close at 12,820.47, rising 560.03 points since ...

MFS morphs into GEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
MFS Diversified Limited has been renamed to GEO Property Group as security holders yesterday gave the green light for a name swap. The firm flagged the change last month in a bid to distance itself from it's troubled listed business, MFS Limited. "This ...

Future Fund investment team expands

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... Melbourne and New York. Duncan Graham will start his role as senior analyst, private markets in April with a focus on property and will report to Barry Brakey. Graham previously worked with Brakey at Pinnacle Property Group. Andrew Pearse takes up the ...

Vietnam the next LPT hotspot

While Australia and Singapore continue to lead the stakes in global listed property trusts, the surprise star in a new survey is Vietnam, jumping from the sixth spot to third in predicted property market growth. The findings came from the Asia Pacific ...

ADPIA lobbies against relic property laws

The peak body for direct property investors has called for each State Revenue Office in Australia to standardise stamp duty and get rid of archaic property trust regulations. Linden Toll, the president of the Australian Direct Property Investment Association ...

Schroders buys Swiss Re

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... business being acquired manages six funds focused on European equities, capital protected products, global balanced and property. Key employees will transfer to Schroders on completion of the transaction. "This acquisition deepens our footprint in Switzerland ...

Building green for the future

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... like to cash in on the sustainable building sector, says an industry expert. Michael Drapac, managing director of green property funds manager Drapac, has flagged the need for superannuation funds to turn their eyes towards green properties going forward ...