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Early financial advice prevents worries at the end

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... they pass away and pay for the end-of-life care they endured. Australian Unity Trustees Legal Services national manager of estate planning Anna Hacker concurred, and said despite advertising around estate planning mostly connecting the practice with ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... excluding houses" plunged by 53.9%. This is hardly surprising given the decline in property prices which no longer makes real estate a profitable proposition (especially for investors). CoreLogic RP Data stats show the 5 capital city aggregate home value ...

Hiring continues but wage growth under pressure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... over the next three months, recruitment firm ManpowerGroup says, but there are challenges. The finance, insurance and real estate sectors signalled intentions to increase headcount, registering 15 percentage points to the ManpowerGroup's net employment ...

AXA IM backs Japanese logistics

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
A sovereign wealth fund and an Asia Pacific real estate developer have teamed with AXA Investment Managers' real assets division to create a Japanese logistics business. The joint venture is being established through the purchase of six logistics assets ...

Sahota's fund makes first close

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... regarding separate accounts. The fund will hold 20 to 30 investments picked from Australia New Zealand commercial real estate debt, asset backed securities, private company debt and leveraged buyout debt. Targeted return is 4-5% above the RBA cash rate ...

Frontier Advisors builds investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... from a buy side equity analyst role at Dubai-based Emirates NBD (Asset Manager). Her areas of research expertise are real estate, transport, logistics, oil and gas and logistics across MENA. She has a CFA and speaks French and Arabic. James Kosmatos ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... supportive. The financials sector was highlighted as a likely bright spot while defensives like consumer staples, real estate and utility stocks expected to lag. The article also noted that outlook is not entirely rosy as interest rates are headed higher ...

FTSE Russell expands ESG research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... provide valuable tools for ESG integration and product creation." The partnership follows FTSE Russell launching green real estate indexes this week. The indexes will allow investors to integrate climate risk into listed real estate portfolios. The FTSE ...

Aussie investors calm about next 12 months

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... As their top asset class pick for next year, 41% chose domestic stocks, 37% chose international stocks, 32% chose real estate and 27% chose cash. The average Aussie investment portfolio had the highest allocation to cash (27%), followed by equities (25%) ...

Industry fund finds new advice tech partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... Solutions last year, providing advice on all topics, both inside and outside of super such as budgeting, wealth creation and estate planning. The partnership with Midwinter is a part of that rebrand, with BUSSQ selecting Midwinter in mid-2017 because ...