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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... National Australia Bank releases its June quarter Australian commercial property survey. In equities news, New Zealand company Metro Performance Glass lists on ASX and NZX, and Genworth Mortgage Insurance Australia, which listed on the ASX in May, is ...

Two property funds announce significant acquisitions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Two domestic property portfolios, Investec Australian Property Fund and Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust, have announced significant acquisitions. The Investec Australian Property Fund has purchased Brisbane office development 757 Ann Street ...

Women to feel pain of scrapped LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Women and regional Australians will be the worst affected by the government's plan to scrap the Low Income Superannuation Contribution (LISC) scheme, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA). Using figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Mother's Day Classic raises $4.5m for breast cancer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
Women in Super's Mother's Day Classic has raised $4.5 million for the National Breast Cancer Foundation in its 2014 campaign. This brings the total figure raised to $24.3 million since the campaign first ran in 1998. Mother's Day Classic National Chair ...

QBE invests in Invesco property fund

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
QBE Insurance Group (QBE) has invested into Invesco's North American Core Direct Property Fund, which invests exclusively in North American direct property assets. While Invesco would not reveal the amount of the investment, a spokesperson said that ...

Aussie property fund to be listed in Johannesburg

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
Investec Property Australia will list its Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The fund is expected to list on 24 October 2013 and will be listed under the Real Estate Holdings and Development sector. The ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Australian stocks are firmer at noon, with the banks and miners leading the broader market higher. The local market opened the new trading week up about 0.75 per cent and extended gains through the morning, as investors took their cues from a positive ...

Admin costs rise four-fold off-platform: research

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
Advisers who choose to go off-platform when handling client investments could be hit with higher admin costs, in one case four times more compared with staying on-platform, research found. The report undertaken by Praxis Partners and commissioned by ...

Advisers overlooking business development

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
Advisers are failing to take advantage of the help their dealer group can offer them to grow their business, according to a recent survey from boutique financial services firm The Advice Exchange. The private equity firm surveyed 200 advisers and found ...

Auditions still on for charity RockStar gig

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... $600,000 since its inception. Around 500 people from the financial services industry attended last year's event, held at The Metro in Sydney. Financial Standard is the media partner of this year's FICAP event.