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CalPERS returns 12.5pc in 2010

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... with a 21.5 per cent overall return. Global equity investments returned 14.6 per cent last year, with domestic stocks gaining 17.3 per cent and international stocks returning 12.8 per cent. Though the real estate portfolio saw an overall decline of 5 ...

Aussies embrace US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... the direct space, where "higher quality...properties in primary markets may offer somewhat better relative value." But gaining exposure to high quality, US property directly is no easy feat for the Australian investor. Taxes are often higher and more ...

Green light for Milton merger

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
Milton Corporation and Choiseul Investments will merge after gaining 99 per cent shareholder approval, and the combined firm will place planners on the top of its list to do business with next year. The merged company will have $2 billion in assets ...

Covered bond conundrum

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... covered bond investors in the capital structure, an idea which has proved an insurmountable stumbling block to the products gaining approval in the past.

US considers retirement reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... proposals first need to be approved by a supermajority of the committee, before beginning the notoriously difficult process of gaining passage through the two houses of Congress.

State Street pushes Asian Funds passport

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... Nikko Asset Management's recent acquisition of Tyndall from Suncorp, Asian institutions have expressed little interest in gaining a foothold into the Australian market. Maybe it's because there are more pressing issues for politicians to contend with ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... contracts traded. CommSec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the market had risen nicely during the day. "Most sectors are gaining, but definitely the best gains are coming from the miners," he said. "Commodity prices rose very strongly overnight in ...

Faster and easier insurance: Asteron

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... history, he said. "Our review found that when we received mandatory underwriting requirements like PMARs, we were not gaining any further significant insights, because the client had already painted us a rich enough picture through the application process," ...

AIA raises US$20.5bn in IPO

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... option exercised in full. Those brave enough to dip their toes in the water were handsomely rewarded, with the shares gaining approximately 20 in the first two trading days following the listing. The Kuwaiti Investment Authority and CIC, China's sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... gains. The big retail banks were higher at 1200 AEDT, with CBA up 32 cents to $51.44, ANZ rising 10 cents to $24.17, NAB gaining 10 cents to $25.85 and Westpac up two cents to $23.20.