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Franklin Templeton eyes Aus REITs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
Franklin Templeton Investments is gradually reducing its exposure in Asian real estate investment trusts (REIT) and redirecting its focus on Australia to achieve stable growth. Jack Foster, head of global real estate and portfolio manager at Franklin ...

Apostle launches US small-mid cap

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2007
Apostle Asset Management has partnered with US-based Vaughan Nelson Investment Management to provide a specialist US small-mid cap value equity strategy opportunity for institutional investors. Dennis Alff, portfolio manager at Vaughan Nelson, said ...

China acts on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
The Chinese Government has formed its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) fund as part of its strategy to foster and finance projects for climate change. Inline with its Kyoto Protocol obligations, China's CDM fund was launched last week and will use ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
The Australian stock market is expected to open down with a weak lead from Wall Street compounded by lower base metal prices. At 0758 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 27 points to 6774 on a volume of 2,011. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon following a soft lead from Wall Street overnight. At 1144 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 24.4 points to 6160.8 and the all ordinaries had lost 23.7 points to 6161.2. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open softer today, after a soft performance in New York, as US stocks fell after data showed the number of unsold homes reached its highest level in more than 15 years in July, fanning concerns about housing ...

QWL sets sights on Eastern Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
QWL has launched a fund targeting high growth in Eastern Europe, hoping to take advantage of the region's improving integration within the European Union. The QWL Euro # III Fund is being seeded with a $10 million injection and will invest into listed ...

Australia IT needs more R&D

Australia has ranked fifth in terms of global competitiveness but has lagged behind other OECD countries on investment in research and development (R&D), according to a new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Sponsored by the Business Software ...

Treasury group seeds another boutique

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
The Treasury Group (TTG), the funds management incubation and development group, has entered into an agreement to establish a new boutique asset manager to be known as Cannae Capital Partners that will target Australian and New Zealand equities. The ...

Franklin Templeton launches diversified real estate fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors has launched the Franklin International Real Estate Fund 3 (FIRE Fund 3), a global diversified fund investing in international private real estate funds. The launch of FIRE Fund 3 in Australia comes on the back ...