REAL ESTATE
Editorial
New legislation governing how superannuation fund trustees may borrow under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement has left a number of questions unanswered, says Bryce...
Superannuation
The Cooper Review panel may have suggested otherwise, but Mike Taylor writes that the exponential growth in the number of self-managed superannuation funds and the invest...
Financial planning
Listed property has recovered since the massive lows of the global financial crisis, but there are plenty of challenges ahead for the industry, particularly investor sent...
Funds management
UBS and MLC’s property securities funds have been placed ‘on hold’ by Standard & Poor’s Fund Services following key staff resignations....
Funds management
Charter Hall is looking forward to a better outlook for property investing, considering itself well placed for improving investor sentiment....
Superannuation
Accountancy firm Chan & Naylor has called for an end to what it calls an arbitrary maximum limit of four members to each SMSF....
Financial planning
MLC’s announcement that it will terminate an AREIT managed by Challenger and increase its maximum GREIT holding will not result in a change of rating from Standard ...
Funds management
ING Group is undertaking an evaluation of the position of the global ING Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) business amid market concerns about the future direction...
Financial planning
New Towers Watson research has revealed Macquarie Group as the dominant player in terms of alternatives management for pension funds....
Financial planning
Australia's population of high-net-worth individuals has risen by 34.4 per cent to 173,600, according to Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management and Capgemini’s latest Wor...
Financial planning
Global institutional investors expect to recommit to alternative investments over the next two to three years....
Editorial
With the financial crisis effectively over, Benjamin Levy examines the state of the direct property market and looks at the role it should play for investors in the futur...
Financial planning
Macquarie Funds Group has taken a majority stake in real estate funds manager Rismark, with a Macquarie executive being appointed as chairman....
Funds management
The Australian merger of BNP Paribas Investment Partners and Fortis Investments has created the 14th largest fund manager in the local market with assets under management...
Funds management
Wealthy and Wise Lifestyle Planning will be opening a chain of retail shopfronts that will serve as one-stop-shops for both financial advice and real estate services....
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MARKET INSIGHTS
Podcast
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...