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SSgA wins S&P licence for ETFs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... offers three ETFs in Australia: the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 (STW), the SPDR S&P/ASX 50 (SFY) and the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property Fund (SLF). The SPDR S&P/ASX 200 closely tracks the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index, returning 20.7 percent between 1 July ...

Unlisted property continue to pose liquidity headaches

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Changes to the liquidity of unlisted property securities has become a big portfolio construction issue for fund trustees, financial planners and investors. The move late in 2008 by a number of unlisted property fund managers to freeze redemptions has ...

AMP Cap appoints Japan MD

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
AMP Capital Investors has appointed Toshiaki Yamashita as managing director and representative director in Japan after he joined the firm in July in a similar role. Yamashita previously worked at AMP Capital in Japan as acting managing director. He ...

ADPIA appoints new president

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
The Australian Direct Property Investment Association has appointed Robert Olde, executive director of Questus, Perth, as president. Olde replaces Linden Toll, director of marketing and distribution at LMW Invest, as president. Adam Murchie of Drapac ...

Mercer and IPD develop unlisted prop index

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Mercer and IPD have teamed up to provide a more robust approach to indexing unlisted property investments. The index, Mercer/IPD Australian Pooled Property Fund Index replaces the existing Mercer Unlisted Property Funds Index and the IPD Australian ...

Investors flock to listed property ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... exchange traded fund (ETF) units on issue has nearly quadrupled in 18 months. The number SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property Fund ETF units rose from just over five million to a touch under 20 million between February 2008 and the middle of August this ...

DNR scores AMP mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... MAx Virtus funds - and a listed property trust through the AMP platform. DNR's LPT product is also the only listed property fund available on the platform. Nicol was unable to disclose the names of the other two dealer groups although he confirmed that ...

Global property revival

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... exposures are the US (52 per cent), France (9.9 per cent) and Japan (9.7 per cent). But like many of its global listed property fund manager counterparts, the firm posted hefty double digit losses last year at 55.8 per cent, against the benchmark's 58.3 ...

GESB seeks more unlisted exposure

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
West Australian-based Government Employees Superannuation Fund (GESB) is considering increasing its current asset allocation of 5 per cent into unlisted assets after it was hard hit by the downfall of equities markets. GESB, which had $8.4 billion in ...

AMP core property is a 5-star

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
AMP's Core Property Fund has been awarded a five star badge from Standard & Poor's - a sustained rating since S&P conducted its review 12 months ago. The AMP Core Property Fund (ACPF) is a hybrid property fund that invests in global and domestic wholesale ...