PROPERTY
Funds management
New data confirms two successive quarters of growth in the funds management market....
Funds management
Equiti Funds Management has launched its first direct property fund amid signs the commercial property market has started to bottom....
Editorial
The storm-term impact of the global financial crisis could have long-term benefits for aviation investors, writes Peter Meany....
Editorial
Trustees should be free to make investment decisions without regulatory influences that create artificial markets for certain classes, writes Pauline Vamos....
Financial planning
Dealer groups are removing investment products en masse from their approved product lists in reaction to the performance of certain asset classes during the global financ...
Editorial
Count Financial reported its 29th consecutive profit at its annual general meeting yesterday, but the group has high hopes its stake in Mortgage Choice will produce a "si...
Financial planning
Macquarie and Cromwell have requested that Standard & Poor’s withdraw its ratings on certain property funds....
Financial planning
An Adelaide man has received a fully suspended six-month prison sentence for assisting the unlicensed Power Financial Planning to encourage clients into Westpoint investm...
Financial planning
Following the appointment of senior portfolio manager Andrew Nicholas to head of global property securities at Colonial First State, Standard & Poor’s has revised their p...
Funds management
AMP Capital Investors exercises its growth strategy in Asia via MacarthurCook's Singapore property interests....
Funds management
Noting an uptick in retail investor sentiment towards property, NAB has launched its first property trust in two years....
Financial planning
New IFSA commissioned research has confirmed not only the value financial advice delivers to individuals but also to the broader Australian economy....
Financial planning
The China A share market experienced a fall in share prices in the September quarter, but a report from AMP Capital Investors said it was a "healthy correction" that ease...
Superannuation
A survey of SMSFs administered by Multiport reveals a dramatic move to Australian equities away from cash....
People & Products
Trinity Funds Management Limited has appointed an independent chairman and is expected to appoint two further independent directors....
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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...