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Investors eye aged care infrastructure

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Foreign and domestic investors are circling the aged care infrastructure industry after this weeks final report on the aged care sector from the Productivity Commission gave way to mergers and acquisitions opportunities for domestic and foreign investment. ...

Stocks in freefall on recession fears, banks cut mortgage rates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
Investors panicked sending the Australian stock market into freefall and bond markets soaring, following large losses on Wall Street. In morning trade, the All Ordinaries index plummeted 211.2 points or 5.21% to 3845.5, while the S&P/ASX 200 lapsed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... prices. JPMorgan Chase fell 9.4 per cent, while American Express closed the day 8.8 per cent down. Bank of America plunged an eye-popping 20.3 per cent after it was hit with a $10.5 billion lawsuit from insurer AIG over its sales of faulty mortgage-backed ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
Australian stocks plunged at the open after world markets fell sharply overnight and experts say more grief is to come. At time of writing, the All Ordinaries Index was down 173 points or 3.97% to 4179.9 while the S&P ASX 200 had given up 156.5 points ...

JP Morgan appoints new head, casts eyes to Japan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
JP Morgan Treasury & Security Services has promoted internally to source its new head of financial and market products for Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Stewart Cowan has had his previous role of leading the securities lending operation expanded ...

Industry looks to draw line under reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Van Der Wielen, managing director of ANZ Wealth said the lack of clarity around legislation had caused people to take their eye of the ball while debating the unknown. "At times we (the industry) spend too much time arguing between ourselves and not ...

Debt crisis not so bad for Latin America

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... investment outlook. Generally regarded for its dependency on exports, Brazil in particular is coming more into the investor eye. The nation will soon be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics, with investments in infrastructure and tourism picked to ...

IFM pins hopes on state governments and eyes $1bn infra deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
Industry Funds Management is on the lookout for $1 billion plus infrastructure investments and hopes that state government asset disposals will breath life into the Australian market. Industry Funds Management's (IFM) chief executive, Brett Himbury ...

Bonds eye off super funds

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Inflationary-linked bonds are the next vehicle for super funds to manage their investment portfolios for retirees, with institutional investors looking towards this neglected investment, according to one inflation investment manager. Super funds may ...

Lonsec casts eye over fund fee structures

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Ratings agency Lonsec has analysed the fee structures of fund managers in its Australian Equities Long/Short peer group and discovered two funds that employ a performance hurdle of 0%. While the performance fee hurdles employed by most managers in the ...