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Asia Pac property assets draw mandate appeal

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... pricier here. Australia is one of those markets where you have a lot of savings and a pretty small property market. "Historically, they have looked overseas [for investments]," said Jacobson. Kenneth Tsang, head of Asia Pacific Strategy at LaSalle Investment ...

Sec lending to split from custody

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... are prompting instos to unbundle their custodial services from other components of the securities lending chain. "Historically, everything was bundled together - you'd have your custody, securities lending and cash reinvestment with one entity. "[But ...

Macquarie rolls out capital protection

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... Investments division director, Adrian Stewart. The trust provides investors with exposure to Winton's strategy, which historically has shown a low correlation to major asset classes. "Adding capital protection may provide the investor with peace of mind ...

Trustees snub Asian equities

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... Asian equities. He said it could also be due to traditional asset allocation constraints, as Asian equities have historically accounted for a fraction of a balanced portfolio. Within this small allocation, Evans said the Asia Growth story is still very ...

Global funds lose $20trn to GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... that the top 20 global managers accounted for a third of all losses (US$5.6 trillion) last year. "The larger firms, historically the main beneficiaries of growth, also suffered in 2008, mainly because of the ad valorem fee basis, on which the industry ...

Bears cursed by September curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... wrote that, "the line of least resistance is for history to re-assert itself." Id est, worries that September is historically the worst month for stocks would become self-fulfilling prophecy. Seems like I need to add the letters W and R to my surname ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... retreated 22.58 points (2.21 per cent) to settle at 998.04, below the psychological 1000 level. "Welcome to September, historically the toughest month of the year for investors," said Fred Dickson, chief market strategist at DA Davidson & Co. After opening ...

Treading on treacherous territory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
September is upon us! Yes, that single month of the year which historically has been statistically observed to be the cruellest for stock markets. Forget the "Great Crash" of October 1929 or "Black Monday" in October 1987, October's historical average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... sixth weekly advance in seven weeks, but the gains were minimal. Investors are nervous as they head into September, historically the stock market's worst month. Last September, which saw the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the kickoff of the worst financial ...

Investors flock to listed property ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... from the sector's recovery. "Maybe people see it as a market that has been hit quite hard and being undervalued. Historically, we've got a lot of investors who are retirees and like having the income being paid out to them quarterly. She said the group's ...