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The many faces of income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
Retirees should diversify their income portfolios because income-type products are not like they used to be. Bruce Murphy, head of distribution at Macquarie Funds Management, urged investors to go back to the basics of income investing and start questioning ...

MPG eyes commercial property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
Melbourne based property funds manager MPG Funds Management (MPG) has launched its $62 million Enterprise Property Trust (Trust) to allow Australian investors access to commercial properties within Australia. The company aims to raise more than $17 ...

Home sweet home

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
Global markets seem to regaining some dignity after the sub-prime scrum and even the Dow and the S&P have managed to dust themselves off a little. However the same cannot be said for America's housing market. While Australian's are struggling with record ...

DIY investors all cashed up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Self managed super fund (SMSF) investors may not have a crystal ball on hand but a new survey found that many of them sold out of property and equities well before the July/August market correction. A joint study of more than 2,100 SMSFs back in May ...

Coombe calls for better super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Superannuation is entering a golden age in Australia and it's time we started to focus on our end-customers, said Rob Coombe, chief executive of wealth management for BT Financial Group when speaking at yesterdays' Association of Super Funds of Australia ...

Asgard eWRAP admin fees down 7.5pc

The cost of investing in managed funds through Asgard's eWRAP will fall by up to 7.5 per cent after the funds administration platform decided to pass on its tax savings. Dean Thomas, product general manager for St.George Wealth said the fee reduction ...

Reverse mortgages not thicker than blood

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
Parents who use a reverse mortgage to lend funds to their children could face losing part of their pension on a technicality, said Louise Biti, head of technical services at Asteron. "Children in a great deal of debt may place pressure on their parents ...

State Super awards $300m-plus in global property

All this talk about global property must have reached the ears of the powers that be at State Super Financial Services after the group shifted more than $300 million of money out of Australian listed property trusts (LPTs) into global LPTs. State Super ...

BlackRock co-founder calls it a day

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... year to discuss his resignation. "He and I have worked closely together over the past several months to develop a transition plan that ensures BlackRock will not miss a beat. I am profoundly grateful for his contributions, and hopeful that BlackRock ...

Margin loan changes more than marginal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
Changes are afoot in margin lending with some product providers adding flexibility to their offering while others are clamping down and clipping their client's wings. "There is a fair bit of change happening in the industry and it seems to be happening ...