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Real estate under threat

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Real estate could soon be a threatened asset class if property fund managers are not transparent about the sales and devaluation of their funds, says a US property investment expert. The slow trickling of cash flows into the global REITs sector has ...

Boutiques wary of automated systems

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Most players in the funds management industry acknowledge that the automation of managed funds trading would boost their business - but boutiques are still sitting on the fence with jumping on board. According to Tim Hamer, commercial manager, funds ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... New Zealand sharemarket opened firmly after a holiday weekend but lost momentum as leading stock Telecom NZ dipped into the red ahead of its results later this week. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 6.935 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 2766.56.

Fin services firms support bushfire appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... charity arm AMP Foundation, has also pledged $1 million to the 2009 Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund, as managed by the Australian Red Cross. The firm will also match staff donations up to a further $250,000 and will send employees and planners to the ...

Brits turn blue on pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
In a weekend interview on ABC Television, US National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers said "We'll see what happens" and "We'll do what's necessary." This is one of the reasons why I've turned. For once, I believe the powers that be. There ...

Corporate super adjusts to crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Corporate master trusts are going back to the negotiating table to cater for clients that have suffered large-scale redundancies due to the market downturn. Greg Healy, AMP's director of corporate superannuation, said that there have been cases where ...

QIC property execs depart

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Laurie Brindle, head of global real estate and Steven Leigh, deputy head of global real estate at QIC have resigned from the $70 billion fund manager to take up positions at Trinity Property Group. While interim arrangements will be announced shortly ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
Whew! Finally a bit of good news. Or rather investors chose to see the good rather than the bad. US equities closed last night's trading up more than 1 per cent, reversing early losses brought on by reports that initial jobless benefit claims jumped ...

Small businesses to get two-year SG relief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
The Opposition is calling on the government to help small businesses by paying a portion of the Superannuation Guarantee obligations on behalf of small employers for the next two years, under a proposal announced yesterday. Businesses with 20 or fewer ...