real estate

Financial planning

FIRB breaches highlight advisers’ high standards

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

Aussies putting savings in property

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

Life/Risk

Unlisted funds drive record year for retail property

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

Home bias putting SMSFs at risk

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 past use by date

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

Investors set to back real estate in 2015: Dexus

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 looks to US property

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

Financial planning

Zenith rewards team change

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

Financial planning

Investor interest in aged care fund

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

Editorial

Right of entry

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

Spring FG shuns dealer group model

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

Ray White family-owned entrant hits out at “conflicted” industry

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 mired in conflicted remuneration

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

Could Ray White’s planning push create conflicts?

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 ...