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Urban Pacific wins prestigious global real estate award

Melbourne-based Urban Pacific's residential development Kensington Banks has won the prestigious international real estate award, the FIABCI Prix d'Excellence, this year. Completed in 2004, Kensington Banks is a 38 hectare redevelopment and 11 year ...

Investors get money back from failed mortgage scheme

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
Thirty-seven Queensland investors have recovered money invested in a failed solicitor's mortgage scheme which the Federal Court found negligently and deliberately misled them. Led by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the class ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that retail sales rose by a larger-than-expected 1.4 per cent in April, giving credence to the RBA's May decision to lift interest rates. The April rise in retail spending is nearly five times market ...

More control over currency: SSgA

Super funds unsure of whether they should hedge or not hedge can get the best of both worlds through State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) newly launched hedging product. Called the Dynamic Strategic Hedging program, SSgA said it offers a 'middle ground' ...

Outflows to force Challenger fund re-opening

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
Morningstar research has issued an updated report on the "tough times" being faced by Challenger small and micro cap funds of late, which they say has resulted in $100 million in institutional fund outflows. Morningstar's head of research, Justin Walsh ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
Last night's revision to first quarter US National Accounts provided some good news to financial markets. US real GDP growth in the first quarter was upwardly revised to 5.3 per cent - the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003 -- from the initial ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) expects growth for its 30-member industrialised countries to be 3.1 per cent this year. This compares with International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast for global economic growth of 4.9 ...

ING offers OneAnswer to insurance

ING plans to make insurance more accessible by cutting fees by as much as 25 per cent and adding extra insurance features on its flagship OneAnswer platform. Ongoing fees for OneAnswer Personal Super and OptiMix funds will be reduced by up to19 basis ...

Print Super rolls out insurance sweeteners

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
Print Super has announced significant improvements to its death and total and permanent disability cover for members, as well as a reduction in the cost of salary continuance insurance. The board of the Printing Industry Superannuation Fund, which manages ...

Julius Baer and Aurora offer fixed interest

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
Aurora Funds Management has partnered with Swiss giant Julius Baer to launch an Australian fixed interest fund as a feeder into the huge Julius Baer fixed interest pool of funds. The Aurora Absolute Return Fund is open to institutional investors in ...