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Recovering house prices to sustain wealth affect

... to see retail spending hold up which may also translate into sustained discretionary investment flows. Driving this assessment, PMI, in their March 2006 'PMI Residential Property Update', have reported more signs of modest growth in new home loan activity ...

Centro opens international property fund to retail investors

Centro Properties Group (Centro) announced that it has opened the doors of its Centro Direct Property Fund International (DPFI) to retail investors. The fund has approximately a 90 per cent exposure to international direct retail property and is an ...

Unclaimed super a cash cow for ERFs

Superannuation accounts left stagnant for years are proving a cash cow for the eligible rollover funds (ERFs) that are inheriting them and the trustees transferring the funds. New research by rating agencies, The Heron Partnership and SuperRatings ...

Property funds looking for offshore or unlisted investments

A comparative review of Australian property securities funds has found that domestic crowding is increasingly forcing local property managers to look offshore for investments. Managed Investment Assessments (MIA), as part of its research alliance with ...

IFSA get set to push product rationalisation

... list of measures that would need to be undertaken before a product producer could close a product. They include; an assessment of the legacy product and transfer structure, including a comparison of the rights and benefits to customers; an independent ...

Over 65s insurance blues over

... 'daily living activities' such as eating and drinking, using the toilet and moving from place to place. "It's an easy assessment that doctors can do. And the [insurance] cost is also a lot less than if you are disabled or unable to work." As an example ...

Income Tax Law to be cut by nearly 30 per cent

... inoperative and which can be repealed. The Board estimates that up to 28 per cent, or 2,100 pages, of the combined Income Tax Assessment Acts can be repealed. Inoperative provisions are those that are no longer relevant because they have no effect after ...

Goldman Sachs choose greener pastures

... our economy," he added. Stanford professor Dr. Walter Reid, a former director of the UN-sponsored Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, also commented that what is striking about Goldman's policy is that it is the first-ever policy among financial institutions ...

Mariner trust awarded "Approved" rating by MIA

... success is due to its conservative approach and focus on small business loans. "We are very pleased to receive a positive assessment from a leading researcher. The Trust has been successful because of its conservative approach and prime focus on small ...

Bluestone Mortgages targets brokers with online application system

... allow brokers to provide instant advice for their clients. The interface also includes online calculators, conditional assessment tools and approval functions. "Customers [and their brokers] do not want to have to go through the long drawn-out process ...