PROPERTY

Superannuation

The ATO should clarify the rules around borrowing under SMSFs as there are several risks for trustees giving personal guarantees....

Editorial

Patrick Farrell discusses the importance of top-down management and the current risk environment in funds management....

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Financial planning

David Cooper warns of the potential pitfalls and traps for investors in the increasingly diverse multi-manager industry....

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Financial planning

Diane Lin reports optimistic long-term prospects for the Chinese economy. However, short-term cyclical issues will continue to pose challenges....

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Editorial

Peter Worcester and Paul Resnik continue their examination of the risks involved in borrowing to invest....

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Editorial

Brad Newcombe considers investors’ options for the best low-risk returns....

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Financial planning

David Clarke has retired as chairman of the board of Goodman Group following a bout of illness, according to an ASX statement....

Financial planning

The board of MacarthurCook has changed position and accepted a higher offer from AIMS Securities....

Financial planning

It's official - superannuation fund members have endured two consecutive years of negative returns....

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Financial planning

Funds management and property group MacarthurCook has acknowledged the difficulties it will face in staving off the takeover bid mounted by AIMS Securities....

Financial planning

Some listed property trusts have not disclosed key valuation assumptions in financial reports, according to a recent review by the regulator, while movements in asset val...

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Editorial

When Australia was enjoying a bull property market, investors - many of them retirees - opted to put their money in mortgage funds as a way of guaranteeing a regular inco...

Financial planning

Majority of clients repaying their loans according to contract; 14 hardship applications approved....

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Financial planning

Rating withdrawals of AXA, BlackRock and Tankstream funds follow suspension of redemptions and/or applications last year....

Financial planning

The board of funds manager Macarthur Cook rejects takeover bid from AIMS Securities but signals it is open to better offers....

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