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Centro growing US footprint

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
Centro Properties Group (CNP) and Centro Retail Trust (CER) have succeeded in their $6.3 billion (US$5.0 billion) joint bid for US shopping centre owner and manager New Plan Excel Realty Trust. CNP will take a 64 per cent or $4 billion stake in New ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... the last couple of days and at record levels. You just can't keep increasing at that pace." Leading the way down were the major resources stocks with BHP Billiton losing 26 cents to $30.38 and Rio Tinto retreating 76 cents to $80.23. The banks were also ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
Following the announcement by the US that it would impose tariffs on imported paper products from China after its research had shown that they were being subsidized by 10-20 per cent, trade negotiations have become more urgent as key players perceive ...

Unionised workers only half all industry fund members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... September 2006 the net gain in super switches experienced by combined industry super funds was 4.5 per cent - higher than major separate retail funds by a substantial margin. ISN said six of the nine super funds cited in the report were industry funds. ...

Challenger buys into new UK telecoms

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007

Germany lifts retirement age

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
Legislators in the German Bundestag have voted to increase their country's retirement age from 65 to 67 years, overriding huge howls of protest from unions. Despite the strong protests, the vote was passed by a huge majority of 408 to only 169. Driving ...

Industry funds and master trusts share top honours

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... 14.3 per cent and 9.4 per cent over one, three and five years respectively. The researcher said performance between the major segments was split in the default options ranking however, with four industry funds, four master trusts and two corporate funds ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... the rise over the last year has been a healthy 6.8 per cent. While the department stores figure fell by 0.9 per cent all major categories rose over the month. Food retailing rose by 1 per cent, clothing and soft goods retailing increased by 2.4 per cent ...

Hedge fund myths confuse investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... to market stability, said Robert Jaeger, vice chairman of EACM Advisers when speaking to delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds. "In many countries, especially in the US, hedge funds are secretive because they are regulated," he said. Hedge ...

Industry funds show master trusts a clean pair of heels

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... investment performance and industry funds' tendency to use higher levels of growth assets in diversified default options were major factors in the results.