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Balanced funds posted their first month of negative returns in March since July last year, on the back of weaker share markets....
Funds management
Property syndicator WRF Securities has claimed the 17.5 per cent return on its just-completed Armidale No.1 Property Syndicate proves that unlisted property is tax-effect...
Financial planning
Reports of the property market’s death have been greatly exaggerated, according to a new survey showing a 14.7 per cent rise in mortgage sales across Australia during Mar...
Funds management
Australian Unity had added to its portfolio of property funds with the launch of a geared property income fund....
Financial planning
Property Investment Research has revamped its agribusiness research team after ditching its previous joint venture with independent researcher Tim Bennett....
Financial planning
Lonsec has become the second research house to suspend ratings on most HSBC Asset Management Australia funds, following yesterday’s confirmation of its purchase by Challe...
Financial planning
The apparent bargain price paid for HSBC Asset Management Australia by Challenger Financial Services could reflect capacity constraints in its listed property business an...
Editorial
Financial planners are afraid of the investment properties owned by their clients, claims Ark Group chief executive Maurice Goldberg....
Financial planning
Listed property trusts were the darling of the Australian market in 2004, returning 32 per cent. No one believes there will be a repeat performance in 2005, but more than...
Financial planning
You have to be of a certain age to remember it, but at one stage back in the 1980s there was five times as much money in unlisted property funds and syndicates as there w...
Financial planning
The chief executive of HSBC Asset Management (Australia), Barry Sheehan, has not denied speculation that the business has been sold to Challenger Financial Services....
Financial planning
Australian Unity Investments has continued to expand its specialisation in property funds management with the launch of a new high-yield mortgage trust....
Financial planning
Far fewer Australians are seeking financial advice, yet paradoxically they think the standard of that advice has dramatically improved, according to a survey of 25,000 co...
Financial planning
Hundreds of financial planning practices could incur huge fines or lose the right to operate their businesses if they fail to produce overdue 2004 annual accounts and aud...
Financial planning
APN Funds Management has secured platform specialist John Hyslop as its new national sales and distribution manager....
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...