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Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... short-term boost to its economy and a long-term solution towards its industrialisation. The package will be spent on low-rent housing, roads, railways and airports and infrastructure in rural areas. Likewise, the government will allow tax deductions ...

PowerSuper launches warrant product

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees have more options to purchase property after PowerSuper launched its warrant loan product. The product uses funding from ING DIRECT and is structured to ensure the SMSF trustee has complete control of the investment. ...

Investors question direct property valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
Criticism that some funds and their managers use supposedly artificial unlisted property valuations to bolster portfolio returns illustrates how different groups of investors have fundamentally contrasting views about how to interact with the property ...

AREITs damaged by exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
Many listed property trusts (LPTs) fell out of investor's favour because they changed from being from stable, income-producing trusts to highly geared, complex products - but experts believe there's life in the sector yet, just not in its current form. ...

Clear focus to drive age pension reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... pensioners being unable to afford housing, "as far as pensioners are concerned, there are only a small proportion who actually rent privately." In conducting the analysis for the paper, Wickham said they found that 90 per cent of the problems encountered ...

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
The latest National Accounts figures gave credence to the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to lower the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 7 per cent. Australian real gross domestic product advanced by a meagre 0.3 per cent in the June quarter ...

Reporting season hikes A-REITs worth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
APN Funds Management (APN FM) is trumpeting the return of value to the A-REIT sector, but the fund manager also singled out this year's reporting season as the crux in restoring full investor confidence in the asset class. The $4.3 billion APN FM singled ...

Great Southern shrinks as sales drop

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Great Southern's $100 million fall in sales June 30 this year has seen the firm's management embark on a massive cost cutting exercise. David Ikin, communications manager of the listed company, confirmed the sales of Great Southern's managed investment ...

Unlisted assets poised for higher illiquidity premiums

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Property experts predict the LPT sell-off will trigger a price correction in the direct property market but at least when the dust settles, super funds should enjoy illiquidity premiums not seen in years. Latest Rainmaker Data shows the performance ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... volatility in financial markets and renewed credit spread widening. Consumer Confidence (July). Rising prices for petrol, food and rent, higher mortgage repayments and falling share prices pulled down consumer confidence to a 15-year low in June. Despite ...