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Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The coming year will see economic momentum build in the US, but investors should not rely solely on US assets according to J.P. Morgan global market strategist Kerry Craig. Speaking at a media roundtable yesterday, Craig advised that investors should ...

Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
A new global bond fund for Australian investors will be launched by Legg Mason today. The Legg Mason Global Bond Fund, which is managed by Western Asset, offers investors exposure to an actively managed global bond fund, benchmarked to the Bloomberg ...

Spring FG enters property joint venture

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
Diversified wealth management firm Spring Financial Group is entering a joint venture to provide property management, letting agency and resale services to its clients. Under the arrangement with Tessa Residential, which will initially focus on clients' ...

Metro property markets continue reliable income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
Property fund manager Centuria says Australian metropolitan markets will continue to deliver both reliable income and capital returns in 2017. Centuria Metropolitan REIT (CMA) trust manager Nicholas Blake told Financial Standard that several underlying ...

ICG acquires major WA wind farm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
Infrastructure Capital Group completed a full acquisition of one of Western Australia's largest wind farms. The acquisition of the 55-megawatt, 22-turbine Mumbida Wind Farm brings ICG's Energy Infrastructure Trust to $1.2 billion in assets, representing ...

Top 10 superannuation stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
1. QSuper public offer move reshapes competitive landscape The decision to make Queensland government superannuation funds QSuper and LGIAsuper public offer could have far-reaching ramifications for Australia's superannuation sector. When QSuper especially ...

Super headaches from ATO system crash

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The Australian Taxation Office is working through its worst system outage in recent history, potentially delaying Australians from consolidating or transferring their superannuation before Christmas. The outage began on Monday 12 December, and as of ...

Whistleblower protections under microscope

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The Federal Government aims to strengthen whistleblower protections in the tax and corporate sectors by reviewing several identity and disclosure rules. Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, confirmed this morning that ...

Queensland bank sells planning business

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
On Friday the Queensland-based Heritage Bank sold its financial planning business to national adviser group Bridges Financial Services. According to Rainmaker Information, the deal will potentially see Bridges climb inside the top 13 planning firms ...

Bendigo sells estates business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank sold the trust and estates business of its subsidiary, Sandhurst Trustees, for $5 million. As per media speculation, Equity Trustees has purchased the business, which comprises roughly 141 perpetual and ongoing trusts, representing ...