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Investment management firm Tyndall is predicting more subdued returns from the Australian equities market in 2007, which will be evident in the first half of the year....
Financial planning
ING Management Limited has forked out more than $45 million on two healthcare properties on behalf of its Real Estate Healthcare Fund....
Financial planning
Australian superannuation funds are expected to deliver another year of strong performance on the back of three years of double-digit returns, according to AMP Capital In...
Financial planning
The Macquarie Office Trust has received a $US75 million increase in the value of its assets after an independent revaluation of seven US properties in the portfolio....
Financial planning
One of the better performing investment strategies employed by superannuation funds in 2006 were multi-sector options with high weightings to local shares, according to r...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Sovereign Capital Limited....
Financial planning
Financial planners and property investors will need to pay closer attention to the Federal Government’s Capital Gains Tax regime, with an Australian National Audit Office...
Funds management
Citing a shrinking pool of securitisation opportunities in the Australian market and the growing attraction of property trusts in international markets, MLC has increased...
Financial planning
Some of the top investment risks have been identified in a list compiled by accounting association CPA Australia, with inflation, legislative change, interest rates, curr...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has intervened in Sovereign Capital’s intention to wind up the Sovereign Prudential Fund, due to concerns the Gold Co...
Financial planning
Pentacle Property Funds Management has secured alliances with four financial planning groups, which have each agreed to recommend the manager’s products to their clients....
Financial planning
New Standard & Poor’s research has revealed the Australian listed property sector is highly concentrated and reliant on volatile revenue streams and exposure to offshore ...
Financial planning
MFS has acquired New Zealand based financial dealer group Northplan for NZ$52.5 million, with plans to merge it with MFS New Zealand as part of the group’s strategy to bu...
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