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Advice group rebuilds following regulatory headwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
A financial advice group specialising in self-managed superannuation funds and residential property investment acknowledged it's hurt from recent regulatory burdens. However, there are opportunities afoot for the ASX-listed business, including an entry ...

Funds SA portfolio manager leaves, team to expand

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The $32 billion South Australian public sector fund is bidding farewell to a long-standing portfolio manager who looked after its alternatives portfolio. Clive Boyce managed Funds SA's private equity, infrastructure and opportunistic property investments ...

Industry fund cuts property portfolio emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
A $46 billion industry fund is aiming to slash its property portfolio emissions to zero by 2030. Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok laid out a roadmap of what the fund wants to achieve at the recent Global Climate Action Summit held in San Francisco. ...

Cromwell operating profit up 3pct, trims distributions

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... profits are split across five segments: funds management (internal, retail and wholesale), asset services and property investment. Cromwell European REIT transactional and other income operating profit grew to $19.4 million from $2.6 million last year. ...

Charter Hall acquires $1.6bn property fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
Australian property giant Charter Hall plans to pay $205 million in cash to acquire a fellow ASX-listed property fund manager with $1.6 billion under management. Charter Hall, a group which manages $23 billion, has announced plans to acquire Folkestone ...

Rethink property investment: Poll

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
Financial Standard readers overwhelmingly agree now is the time to reassess property investment strategies. More than 80% of respondents to a Financial Standard survey either agree or strongly agree it is critical to reassess property investment strategies ...

Former REIT exec to lead new funds management business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
A former AMP and Centuria executive will lead the wholesale funds management business at one of Australia's oldest companies. Neil Rogan joins Gowing Bros after serving as general manager of the investment bond business at Centuria Capital for three-and-a-half ...

SMSFs overlooking off-the-plan property risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... risky. This is more pronounced in the event retirees lose significant amounts of their pension due to failed property investment, he added. Westpac and its subsidiaries the Bank of Melbourne, St. George Bank and BankSA will no longer offer SMSF loans ...

AustralianSuper recruiting new property lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
The head of property at Australia's largest superannuation fund has departed. AustralianSuper confirmed Jack McGougan has left the fund, following a decade in the role. McGougan joined the $130 billion fund in 2008, having previously been head of property ...

Advisers struggling with SMSF diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Only one in five financial advisers consider clients' self-managed superannuation funds to be well diversified. The 2018 SMSF Insights Paper - a collaboration between Investment Trends, BT Financial Group and the SMSF Association - shows that despite ...