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Direct property is back, but now its global: Macq

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
... for the best real estate opportunities around the world. This year, we are focused on executing our plan." The upbeat assessment coincides with Macquarie's release of figures showing average risk-adjusted returns of 19.2 per cent for the 10 years to ...

Intangibles the new bottom line in company valuations

... able to sustain the company's value, Anderson said fund managers need to look beyond traditional metrics such as risk assessment, competitive analysis, management quality and operational capability. Instead investors need to start looking at what is ...

Hybrid property funds up 400 per cent

The hybrid property funds sector has grown into a $6 billion industry in the past two years, a massive 400 per cent increase, according to property investment research firm Managed Investment Assessments (MIA). MIA director Anton Lawrence said that ...

Tyndall slams performance of corp boards

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... company valuations were too simplistic. "Tyndall believes that, as a generalisation, there is not enough continuous assessment by boards of the value of a company, or protection of that value," he said. Van Munster said valuations should not simply assess ...

AXA wins Morningstar's Fund Manager of the Year

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
... awards are, however, derived using a mix of risk-adjusted medium to long-term performance analysis and qualitative assessment by Morningstar's analysts. "We look at who rates the best in individual sectors, putting extra emphasis on the specific equity ...

Survey predicts more mortgage defaults

... months. Since then, more benign inflation figures have lessened the potential for further interest rate increase. My assessment is that some of those surveyed would not be quite as pessimistic today as they were then," he said. The respondents said that ...

Bluestone targets the smaller end of town

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
... however. Gearing levels are generally low, loan terms short, prior credit problems are seldom tolerated and the credit assessment often involves a review of the business operations and regular reviews." Bluestone's new line of lending products are available ...

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

One of the longest property booms in Australian history will end by 2010, according to research house Managed Investment Assessments (MIA) based on its sector report polling the views of eight of the country's leading property fund managers. Colonial ...

Mercer unveils web-based compliance for super funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... requirements at their fingertips. It can be accessed remotely and has a simple reporting function that allows real-time assessment of a task and efficient response to regulator requests," said John Taylor, executive director of InterTextual. InterTextual ...

Industry catches on to IFSA/FPA code

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
An assessment by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has revealed almost universal compliance levels for the IFSA/FPA Joint Code of Practice on Alternative Forms of Remuneration, devised ...