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Aspen wins Telstra Super deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
Telstra Super has made a debt and equity investment in a joint venture property deal with Aspen Group for the development of the Australian Tax Office building in Adelaide. Telstra paid $34 million for a 50% interest in the development with Aspen holding ...

PIMCO urges SMSFs to get active

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
PIMCO's Australian bond fund has outperformed Australian shares over the past ten years and actively managed income funds are being tipped to add more value still. Lonsec's 2011 income funds sector review found that the shift towards index funds and ...

Fidelity sees market ripe for growth investments

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
Fidelity's growth at a reasonable price (GARP) fund was the only manager in its peer group to retain a five star rating from Standard & Poor's fund services and portfolio manager Paul Taylor is optimistic that good value remains in the market. As part ...

BTIM extends global presence with $10bn manager buy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
BT Investment Management will reduce its reliance on Australian revenues by acquiring London-based J O Hambro Capital Management in a $314 million deal that gives it access to a host of new markets. J O Hambro Capital Management is a boutique active ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
The Australian sharemarket remained weaker at noon as BHP Billiton led losses in the resource sector and retailers continued to drop in value. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20 points, or 0.49 per cent, at 4,468.9, while the broader ...

Super funds talk debt ructions and increasing pensions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
Global sovereign debt woes and retired member numbers were hot topics for superannuation fund chief investment officers at the 17th Annual Rainmaker Sales and Marketing Symposium yesterday. During lively discussions at the institutional investor round ...

QE3 - yes, no, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... that is regarded as the magic number that would reduce unemployment. Point for QE3. US retail sales inched up by 0.1% in June - better than expectations for a 0.1% fall. Point for no QE3. Retail sales excluding autos showed no growth in the month - the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is set for a slightly higher start after China's economic growth and comments from the US Federal Reserve that it is prepared to renew stimulus fuelled gains overseas. At 0752 AEST the local September share price index futures ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
"Just like a knight in shining armor From a long time ago Just in time I will save the day..." Peter Cetera - Glory of Love This tune played in my head when Beijing announced the country's June quarter economic scorecard yesterday - and boy oh boy ...

US Fed hints at QE3

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
Hints of a third round of quantitative easing from the US Federal Reserve emerged from the minutes of a Federal Open Market Committee meeting released overnight. The FOMC minutes from its June 21-22 meeting revealed that policy makers disagree on whether ...