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FIIG opens term deposit site

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Investors can make better informed decisions about their cash investments after FIIG Securities opened a term deposit comparison website. Termdeposit.com.au can find the best term deposit rate from more than 40 providers, allowing people to invest directly ...

All not lost for LPTs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... is smashing its listed counterpart in performance, industry punters caution investors not to discount LPTs as the asset class is expected to bounce back following the repricing of assets. According to Ken Atchison, principle of Atchison consultants ...

Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... commitments. But research suggests Australian super funds are relatively safe as they have minimal exposure to the asset class compared to the US. According to Rainmaker Data, the total allocation to private equity of the non-profit super fund sector ...

BT reaps $1.7bn in net inflows

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
BT Investment Management has defied the finance sector's downturn by achieving a credible $1.7 billion in net inflows from institutional and wholesale clients for the year ended September 2008. BT's funds under management averaged $38.5 billion over ...

India fund opens to unlisted assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... growth in the coming year. "The credit crunch has not changed India's demographics, its young population, growing middle class and growing skills base. The credit crunch has not changed India's growth in domestic demand or its lack of direct exposure ...

Investors question direct property valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... fundamentally contrasting views about how to interact with the property sector. "Why on earth have we made an illiquid asset class liquid, just to get it to fit into platforms?" asked Linden Toll, president of the Australian Direct Property Association ...

Back to basics for property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... Este said working with Intech allowed him to gauge the most efficient mix of the various sectors within the property asset class, particularly after he ran his analysis through Intech's optimising model. "The investment mix allows access to a range of ...

Govt breathes new life into RMBS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) should reinvigorate the ailing RMBS market and re-instate it as an attractive asset class to invest in. This week the government announced that the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) will purchase ...

NZ Super suffers $568m loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
The world credit crisis has drawn blood from another victim, with New Zealand Superannuation Fund posting a loss of $568 million or 4.92 per cent for the year ended 30 June 2008. The 4.92 per cent figure was the fund's net return on investment for the ...

Managers seek ESG framework

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
Effectively managing and pricing environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment processes remains the biggest hurdle for integration. Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) conference yesterday, Ian ...