PROPERTY

Funds management

Australian assets have delivered a trifecta for investors over the last 10-20 years - but that is likely to change, say Russell Investments. ...

Funds management

Fund manager Legg Mason has announced it will package its four Significant Investment Visa (SIV) complying funds to provide a solution for advisers....

Financial planning

SMSF investors have a higher propensity to seek out and value advice than non-SMSFs, while nearly half of recent SMSF investors are under the age of 30....

Funds management

Assets under management (AUM) for the top 100 alternative investment managers reached $3.1 trillion in 2012, with Macquarie Bank taking out the top spot in Towers Watson’...

Editorial

Asset allocation is typically sold as a simple stocks-versus-bonds split, but there is much more to it than that if you want an effective result. Bhanu Singh points to a ...

Superannuation

With the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms having come into effect as of 1 July, Tria Investment Partners Andrew Baker says the legislation has failed to address ...

Superannuation

AMP Capital has launched a new website aimed at educating SMSF investors on property and infrastructure investments as part of a new campaign targeting this market....

Funds management

Henderson has joined with the US pension fund Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund to form a major real estate venture....

Superannuation

It has been six years since limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) were introduced for SMSFs to acquire residential or commercial properties, and so a number of ...

Superannuation

The years of continuing fallout and uncertainty following the global financial crisis are finally resolving into some clear patterns of investor behaviour, according to P...

Funds management

Australian Ethical said it expects to attract an impairment charge following weakening commercial property markets in Canberra and a green refurbishment of the asset....

Editorial

Investors are flooding back to property, and as they do they might start asking whether direct or listed is the way to go – or perhaps even both. Freya Purnell writes....

Editorial

While there are pockets of value across all sectors, getting the best performance depends on choosing the right assets with good locations and occupancy....

Funds management

According to a new Mortgage Choice survey, low interest rates are driving investors to seek out investment property....

Financial planning

Melbourne-based property investment firm Drapac has launched a new product aimed at giving Australian investors access to what it says is the still undervalued US real es...

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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 ...

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Libby Roy has been appointed as an independent non-executive director on the board of AZ NGA....

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