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Financial planning

Australian agribusiness investors have been warned to check the commission their financial planners receive and to access independent research themselves, before making a...

Funds management

Boutique Melbourne property manager Sovereign MF has launched its first property syndicate while settling a land deal for its residential fund....

Funds management

Six out of a possible 20 hedge funds have received a recommended rating from Zenith Investment Partners, in a review it said could help dissipate common misconceptions ab...

Funds management

Despite being a relatively new sector, international listed property is expanding rapidly, with considerable benefits for investors, according to Standard & Poor’s....

Superannuation

The latest AMP Capital/Investment Trends SMSF Investor Report has revealed compliance is now clearly the number one challenge being faced by people running their own supe...

Superannuation

With the marketplace gearing up for over 55’s to implement the Transition to Retirement (TTR) Strategy, financial planners and accountants need to ensure they optimise th...

Funds management

New financial products are opening the way for superannuation funds to use the fixed income component of their portfolios to boost alpha returns rather than relying predo...

Funds management

Australian investors slow to jump on the global property bandwagon are missing out, according to a new report on the property securities investment sector....

Financial planning

BT Financial Group has commenced the process of bringing the management of its four multi-manager offerings in-house in an effort to enhance the structure of these produc...

Financial planning

The Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (Sequal) has highlighted the difference between reverse mortgage products offered by its members and the fixe...

Funds management

Westpac Funds Management has galvanised its aim to establish the first Australian residential real estate investment trust by securing the seed asset for the product via ...

Financial planning

The Federal Court of Australia in Perth has granted an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and issued interim asset freezing orders agains...

Editorial

The two-year-old strategic alliance between Advance Asset Management and Mellon Global Investments has now passed the $1 billion mark in funds under management....

Funds management

Lonsec is the first researcher to reinstate an ‘investment grade’ rating for Colonial First State’s (CFS) Australian property funds following the recruitment of two more ...

Financial planning

Mariner Financial has moved to boost sales of its equity release product by entering a strategic deal with three dealer groups to offer the products to clients, and launc...

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