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Direct property a beacon for instos

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... estate fund manager. Ian Mackie, LaSalle Asia Opportunity Fund President, said the local direct property market has been a beacon for institutional investors hoping to beef up their property portfolios post GFC. But while competition might be tight for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Australian shares are expected to open higher on Monday after US stocks gained on Friday on encouraging earnings news from major retailers and on higher metals prices. At 0737 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Crisis curbs Cuffe charity fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... management. So far, the fund has donated $200,000 to SVA, which divides the sum across a number of charities including the Beacon Foundation and Youngcare. But the fund has suffered from an overall fall in investor sentiment as many retail and institutional ...

AFA conference to focus on leadership

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) highlights the importance of strong leadership skills at this year's conference, with keynote speakers including Darren Flanagan, the man behind the Beaconsfield mine rescue and Peter Baines, who helped lead ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained on better homebuilder sentiment and positive comments about banks from analysts. Oil and industrial metals also gained overnight, suggesting energy and mining stocks will ...

Veljkovic caught for super crimes

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Melbourne man Karl Heinz Veljkovic has been sentenced to two and half years imprisonment in relation to the misuse of superannuation funds. The Court ordered that six months of the total sentence be served concurrently. Veljkovic, of Beaconsfield, Victoria ...

Caravan parks deliver high income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... being taken off the platform or closed to new applications. The fund is already available on BT Wrap, Avanteos, Symmetry, Beacon, netwealth, BT Solar, Assetlink and AssetChoice platforms. The fund is rated 'Recommended - upper end' by Lonsec and 'Recommended' ...

No bad news is no news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
What's this? No headlines on yesterday's all-important Australian Labour Force report? Australian newspapers have relegated yesterday's Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) employment report to their inside pages. Since November last year, the media ...

Investors turn to ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... Investors (BGI) expects last year's trend to continue through to this year due to market uncertainty. "ETFs remained a beacon for those investors demanding transparency, liquidity and diversification with their investments. These attributes made ETFs ...

Asgard and IOOF add Patriot funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... said Peter Purpura, managing director of Fisher Graham Financial. Both funds are also available through BT, Macquarie, Beacon and Ausmaq platforms Patriot's parent company, Fisher Graham Financial secured a $161.7 million mandate from QIC in March for ...