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Fractional prop trading platform gets AG backing

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
DomaCom's internet-based fractional property investment trading platform has signed its first group of foundation partners. The platform allows home owners to realise cash by selling shares in their property, akin to an equity release scheme but done ...

Super funds tap Barangaroo development

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... Barangaroo development alongside the Lend Lease managed Australian Prime Property Fund Commercial and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. Australian Prime Property Fund (APPF) Commercial announced its status as a cornerstone investor in the first ...

GS, Citi appointed for NSW elec, coal mine sales

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... on a $2.3bn long-term lease of the Sydney Desalination Plant to a consortium that included the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and Hastings Funds Management and netted the government $300 million in proceeds from the transaction. The Treasurer said ...

'Brownfield' infra better suited to pension funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... investor Antin Infrastructure Partners. Referring to British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's recent ambitious plan to raise GBP 20bn from pension funds for 500 infrastructure projects, Mark Crosbie, managing partner at Antin said the lack ...

Morphic Asset Management opens for business

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
New global equities manager, Morphic Asset Management has begun operating with two former Hunter Hall fund managers at the helm. Morphic Asset Management has been established by two former Hunter Hall global equity portfolio managers, Jack Lowenstein ...

Advisers positive about fee for service

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
With the FOFA legislation taking effect in less than a year, the hybrid fee for service model is growing in popularity among financial advisers, reveals a new report. The Elixir Consulting's 2012 Adviser Pricing Models report is based on a study of ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
The focus by fund managers on the 'big end of town' has negatively impacted SMSFs, who have missed out on quality options for alternative returns, according to BlueSky Alternative Investments. This is despite SMSF significant cash weighting making them ...

Provident Capital leaves 3500 investors in limbo

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
The collapse of Sydney-based mortgage lender and fund manager Provident Capital has left 3,500 retail investors at risk of losing more than $100 million. Phil Carter, Tony Sims and Marcus Ayres of PPB Advisory were this week appointed receivers of Provident ...

Mercer expands local Sentinel team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Mercer Investments has expanded its local Sentinel team with four new hires and a transfer from its US operations. The move comes after the recent appointment of Robin Solomon as leader of Mercer Sentinel in Asia Pacific following the departure of partner ...

Handle churn through dealer groups, don't target advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
The Financial Services Council (FSC) should develop standards to force dealer groups and life companies to manage individual advisers churning business rather than punish the entire industry, reveals an opinion survey of independent advisers conducted ...