PROPERTY

Funds management

Equiti Funds Management has launched its first direct property fund amid signs the commercial property market has started to bottom....

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Editorial

The storm-term impact of the global financial crisis could have long-term benefits for aviation investors, writes Peter Meany....

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Editorial

Trustees should be free to make investment decisions without regulatory influences that create artificial markets for certain classes, writes Pauline Vamos....

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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....

Financial planning

Melbourne man convicted and sentenced to 150 hours unpaid community work following ASIC charges....

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