REAL ESTATE

Funds management

Chicago-based real estate specialist, Heitman, has been exiting some of its Australian investments ahead of a new accumulation phase. ...

Financial planning

Until real estate agents and lawyers are held to higher standards, foreign investors should seek financial advice to avoid breaching FIRB laws, Connect ASEAN principal, P...

Life/Risk

Aussie household savings directed at property, lifted 25.9 per cent during the September quarter, according to St. George Bank....

Life/Risk

Increased investment from unlisted funds, offshore investors and superannuation funds drove Australia’s retail property sector to a third consecutive year of record inves...

Superannuation

SMSF investors continue to favour Australian shares, cash and term deposits while ignoring international shares, putting their retirement income at considerable risk, Fin...

Funds management

Traditional asset allocation models are no longer guaranteed to perform in the current economic climate and should be abandoned in favour of models that use alternative a...

Life/Risk

Investor demand for real estate is expected to remain strong in 2015, on the back of strong total returns from A-REITs last year, according to property group, Dexus....

Financial planning

AustralianSuper appoints Principal Real Estate Investors as its advisor for US office strategy....

Financial planning

Zenith awards Australian Unity Diversified Property Fund a ‘recommended’ rating....

Financial planning

Spire Capital claims solid interest in its US aged care private equity offering. ...

Editorial

Financial planners gave mixed reactions to reports that a company related to real estate icon, Ray White, would be venturing into the financial planning space but is the ...

Financial planning

Financial services group Spring FG says it will never be pursuing a dealer group model again after a “bitter experience” with a rogue licensee last year. ...

Financial planning

A company owned by the family of real estate juggernaut, Ray White, says it will be one of the few non-conflicted players in a planning space haunted by legacy issues, li...

Financial planning

Planning and accounting indsutry stalwart, Robert MC Brown, argues that hourly rates and flat/fixed fees are the answer for a planning industry mired in conflicted remune...

Financial planning

Ray White’s move into financial advice has sparked concerns that real estate’s commission-heavy structure could be at odds with the planning arena’s aspired professional ...

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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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