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Australian funds turning to bourgeoning Asian REITs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
A growing market and attractive returns are seeing Australian institutions take an interest in the burgeoning Asian REIT market, according to one specialist in the asset class. Before 2000 it was all but impossible to invest in real estate investment ...

Zurich appoints investment specialist

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... and research team. Charles Stodart joins Zurich from Five Oceans Asset Management, where he was an investment analyst for Asian equities and global telecom stocks. He has also held positions at Pengana Capital, Perennial and Murray Johnstone. "Charles ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, after Wall Street rose following strong gains in Asian and European equity markets. At 0808 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was down 21 points at 5,387. In local economic ...

From Greece's frying pan into China's fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... yesterday. Now there's fear about the word that had been long associated with Grexit - "contagion."A And it showed with most Asian markets suffering large losses on the same day, punctuated by the 5.8% slump in the Hang Seng Index, the 3.1% drop in the ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... 4,639.02 compared with Monday's close. The euro advanced to $US1.1069 from $US1.1011 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian equities tumbled as a collapse in Chinese shares began to contaminate other markets, and after European leaders slapped ...

GST increase would deliver $42 billion: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... competitor nations, our competitors in services exports, such as Singapore and Hong Kong, have a long head start. The average Asian company tax rate is 22% whereas our 30% tax rate is forcing opportunities and jobs offshore," Bragg said. The FSC annual ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... below $US1.10 earlier before recovering slighting to $US1.1098 from $US1.1086 late in New York on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly retreated ahead of the weekend's Greek referendum that could decide its eurozone future, with Shanghai plunging ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... points. In foreign exchange trade, the euro rose to $US1.1101 from $US1.1053 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets tracked global stocks higher on hopes for a deal to keep Greece in the eurozone as the country prepares for a crucial ...

PROFILE: Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... positions at J.P. Morgan. The most exciting, he explains, was as a distressed debt trader from 1997 to 2002, during the Asian financial crisis. At the time, Hoyle says J.P. Morgan held "vast exposure" to Asian companies, and he became part of the team ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... 6,608.59 points. In foreign exchange, the euro slid to $US1.1084 from $US1.1139 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly risen as investors shrugged off Greece's default, with Tokyo lifted by an upbeat survey on business confidence ...