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Australian funds turning to bourgeoning Asian REITs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
A growing market and attractive returns are seeing Australian institutions take an interest in the burgeoning Asian REIT market, according to one specialist in the asset class. Before 2000 it was all but impossible to invest in real estate investment ...

Perpetual sheds $3 billion

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Perpetual's funds under management (FUM) have fallen almost $3 billion in the three months to 30 June. Total FUM fell from $33 billion to $30.2 billion during the period. The fund manager attributed around half the fall ($1.6 billion) to depreciating ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
It's now safe to go back in the waters... This, perhaps, was what's in Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney mind when, a day after news of the Greek deal, he told the UK Treasury select committee that: "The point at which interest rates may begin ...

Strong passive flows force managers to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Flows into passive strategies have forced active fund managers to lower their fees, global research by US-based management consultant Casey Quirk has found. Passive strategies accounted for 93% of total net new flows at registered products in the United ...

Market up at midday on Greek relief

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
The Australian share market continues to rally strongly as the Greek debt crisis appears to move towards resolution. Global markets have lifted after Greece reached a tentative new bailout deal that would avoid it dropping out of the euro zone. Analysts ...

Macquarie wrap adds AB fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Macquarie Wrap adding the AllianceBernstein Managed Volatility Equities Fund is further evidence Australians nearing retirement are demanding investment products with more certainty while still participating in growth. The fund, which most recently ...

Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Assets managed by the top 25 alternative investment managers in Australia has grown to more than US$250 billion ($338 billion), according to the latest survey by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Macquarie in particular has benefitted from a shift ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
It's a deal! Well, er, not quite. He huffed and he puffed and he beat his chest. In the end, Greek PM Tsipras got his cake... on his face! Tsipras urged the Greeks to do what he say -- vote "Oxi" to the reforms for bail out conditions proposed by its ...

Banks need to increase capital ratios: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) believes the country's major banks will need to increase capital adequacy ratios by at least 200 basis points to be comfortably positioned in the top quartile of international peers. In response ...

Temporary trial separation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015