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EM property posts Q4 boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The emerging markets property sector continues to outdo the developing markets property sector, according to a Standard & Poor's report. The Standard & Poor's Global Property & REIT Quarterly report found the S&P/Citigroup Global Property Index fell ...

Pure infrastructure a safe haven: CFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... definition of a defensive asset has completely changed in the last three years. "Some trusts have more equities than property and therefore carry more risk, however those that have low levels of debt and doing the plain vanilla type investing should ...

Scottish Equitable puts lid on withdrawals

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008

Super funds to hold firm despite market crisis

... equities allocation of a typical super fund enjoyed a 30.3 per cent gain, which fell to 18 per cent six months later. Property fell from 20 per cent to a small 2.9 per cent in the 12 months to December. Not surprisingly, super funds with a substantial ...

MFS director waves goodbye

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Investors of property and tourism investment company MFS may be nervously waiting the decision on City Pacific's $830 million offer for the firm's funds management business, but one of the firm's non-executive director, Michael Hiscock, won't be staying ...

SMSFs keep portfolios unchanged

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... respondents said they were likely to invest in international shares and 22 per cent said they were "interested" in direct property. The report said the strong response to direct property could be a result of legislative changes that allows SMSF users ...

Austock High Yield gets three stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... Poor's. According to Austock Asset Management (Austock), the fund is invested in Australian corporate debt, infrastructure, property and cash and has delivered yearly returns of 11.48 per cent since its inception in March 2004. The fund is not invested ...

GSJBWAM appoints infrastructure exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... JBWere Asset Management (GSJBWAM) where he was responsible for Australian equities trades across infrastructure and listed property. Hare will be responsible for the management and analysis of the Goldman Sachs JBWere Australian Infrastructure Wholesale ...

AustralianSuper selects JPMorgan

... AustralianSuper is the first fund in Australia to use the Private Equity Fund Services (JPMorgan PEFS) platform for private equity, property and infrastructure reporting analytics. Under the contract, JPMorgan PEFS will manage and support various processes ...

Russell adds Plato

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... Bank, QBE Insurance Group and Rio Tinto. Its market exposure includes 33.8 per cent exposure to financials excluding property trusts, 23.17 per cent in materials, 10.76 per cent in consumer discretionary, 18.65 per cent exposure classified in other and ...