PROPERTY
Funds management
According to a new report released by Lonsec, the time is right for Australian property investors to start looking overseas for better investment opportunities....
Funds management
Macquarie Funds Management has launched two new global funds covering infrastructure and property that investors will be able to access through wraps and master trusts....
Funds management
Boutique property fund manager APN Funds Management is bidding to give advisers access to direct property through platforms with the launch of a new fund....
Financial planning
Australian fund managers spend a lot of time and money wooing financial advisers with junkets, increasingly complex products and, of course, much-debated trail commission...
Editorial
Strong first-quarter growth in investment funds under management has motivated Perpetual Trustees Australia to forecast a 15 per cent rise in operating profit after tax f...
Superannuation
Australian Unity Investments has launched a fixed income product aimed at funding a continued expansion into the retirement living sector by parent Australian Unity Group...
Financial planning
Van Eyk Research has signed its fourth research alliance of the year, partnering with Chant West Financial Services to provide industry super fund ratings to clients....
Financial planning
The launch of reverse mortgage products into the Australian market could offer individuals without significant super savings the opportunity to create an income stream in...
Financial planning
There is a great deal of focus on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) requirements in regards to statements of advice (SOAs). Complying with the...
Financial planning
THERE’S at least one financial planner out there who views the emergence of reverse mortgages as a compliment to financial planners...
Editorial
Few financial products have a greater potential to tug at Australians’ emotions than reverse mortgages, according to Kieren Dell, executive director of the Senior Austral...
Funds management
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed boutique manager Renaissance Asset Manager to run its specialist listed property securities managed fund, which has more...
Financial planning
Platforms have proliferated and grown to colossal sizes, evolving over time to occupy a space in the financial services landscape in which they have few competitors....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...