REAL ESTATE

Funds management

Boutique fund manager Aura Funds Management (AFM) has formed a strategic alliance with McGrath Estate Agents in a bid to enter the Australian market with Significant Inve...

Editorial

With interest rates falling, is now the time to consider real assets for income? Craig Keary writes. ...

Editorial

Patrick Noble suggests investors should stop overlooking property and reap the rewards from the renaissance. ...

Financial planning

RE/MAX Australia has launched a finance arm in partnership with mortgage aggregator Vow Financial to offer a full suite of financial services to homebuyers....

Funds management

New analysis reveals the degree to which Australian asset managers have used super fund appetites to lead in infrastructure....

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’...

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

Those hardest hit by the $100,000 limit on the pension income tax exemption may well be those left behind after the death of an SMSF pensioner, according to Bryce Figot a...

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

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...

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....

Financial planning

QIC has entered an agreement with US-based Forest City Enterprises to form a joint venture in a real estate portfolio comprised of eight US regional retail malls currentl...

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...

Funds management

Institutional investors are likely to increase allocations to real assets in 2013, according to AMP Capital’s latest Institutional Investor Report; however, results are s...

Financial planning

Macquarie Specialist Investments launches cash fund aimed at Significant Investor Visa market....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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5 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

6 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

8 months ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

3 weeks 4 days ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

2 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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