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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... Xiradis said the falls on local markets were across the board. "We're seeing financials, resources and listed property trusts weaker," he said. "I think the only part of the market where I see a bit of green is in the telecommunications sector, which ...

Unilever fund dumps direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... changing its asset allocation to property by pulling out of the direct property sector and switching to listed real estate trusts. Due to changing market conditions in the real estate market in the past decade, Progress concluded that its property portfolio ...

Schroders eyes credit markets

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... corporate sector to come through in "reasonable shape". Schroders' decision to rid its portfolios of all listed property trusts by the middle of last year saw the firm buffer itself from the nosedive in the LPT sector. They were also underweight in high ...

All not lost for LPTs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... the repricing of assets. According to Ken Atchison, principle of Atchison consultants, Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (AREITs) loss 30 per cent on average since June, compared with direct property's zero per cent returns. This is a huge divide ...

Mortgage trusts face crisis of confidence

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... the hands of the more than 150,000 investors who now have to decide whether to stay put or bail out before more mortgage trusts freeze redemptions. The federal government's bank deposit guarantee scheme will go a long way in restoring investor confidence ...

FPWS unveils new SMA service

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... "[Managed accounts] are highly tax efficient, provide direct ownership of shares and can be cheaper than managed funds, master trusts and wrap accounts," said Matthew Murphie, managing director of First Prudential Markets. FPWS, along with OneVue Limited ...

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. ...

When five become one: AUI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
The $6.2 billion Australian Unity Investments is looking to morph five of its retail property syndicates and trusts into a hybrid $400 million mega fund. The fund manager is currently seeking investor approval to convert its five offerings into a single ...

Solaris weathers market fury

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... director, said the portfolio, which uses a bottom up fundamental stock picking approach, is underweight listed property trusts and financial stocks and overweight energy and capital sector stocks. He said the reason behind the continually rising FUM ...

ASIC freezes $1m investor funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... they represent interest returns on investments and are also being used to make payments to the defendants or associated trusts and companies. ASIC asserts the fund's performance including the advertised 10 per cent per month returns may have been falsely ...