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Daily economic round-up

The housing finance figures for January, released yesterday, showed that there has been a slight lift in the housing market with a 2.3 per cent rise in the value of dwelling commitments and a significant 4.6 per cent rise in that of investment housing ...

Emerging markets by numbers: BlackRock

BlackRock Australia tapped into the solid track record of the global BlackRock's Princeton-based quant team when the group launched an emerging markets enhanced fund locally that is modeled on the US version. The BlackRock Global Enhanced Emerging Markets ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
The Australian National Accounts were released yesterday showing that in seasonally adjusted terms GDP increased by 1 per cent during the December quarter which is the highest growth since June 2005. The previous September quarter had a meager 0.3 per ...

RBC Dexia expanding service range

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
RBC Dexia Investor Services is ramping up its service range and increasing the depth of what it offers investors, particularly by leveraging its alternative investments expertise gained in other markets. Brad Taylor, global head of hedge fund services ...

MetLife sells annuity business to Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
MetLife Insurance has entered into an agreement to transfer ownership its annuity and pension business to Challenger Life. The sale is part of MetLife's strategy to focus on its core strengths, particularly group insurance. "This transaction will free ...

AXA wins Morningstar's Fund Manager of the Year

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
AXA/AllianceBernstein has taken out Morningstar's 2006 Fund Manager of the Year, holding off the other two finalists AMP Capital Investors and Barclays Global Investors to take home the top honours. "On the growth side, the Alliance domestic equities ...

Morningstar buys S&P managed fund data business

Listed investment research group Morningstar has acquired Standard & Poor's (S&P) mutual fund data businesses globally for $70 million ($US55 million) in cash, a move that effectively gives Morningstar a 'monopoly' on managed funds data in Australia. ...

Japan set to jump on global PE train

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
A study conducted by Adveq, the Swiss private equity fund of funds manager, has found that Japanese institutional investors are set to follow Australian investors and institutions the world over in increasing their private equity allocations. The study ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The impact of the drought on the Australian economy is set to worsen and the government has just revised up its forecasts noting that the summer crop is likely to be the worst in more than two decades with a reduction of the order of about 60 per cent. ...

Asset Super's strategic investment shift

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
Asset Super has made wholesale changes to its investment strategy by reducing its exposure to Australian and international equities and Australian bonds in favour of a shift to global and domestic listed property trusts and international bonds. The ...