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SMSFs overlooking off-the-plan property risks

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... demand for off-the-plan properties but often overlook the risks associated with this type of investment. According to property research firm RiskWise, off-the-plan properties have driven lower property values and high vacancy rates with Brisbane being ...

Impact investing reports sharp growth

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... their businesses and deepen the positive impact they are having on society," O'Connor said. According to the report, property and infrastructure investments are the biggest type of investments after green bonds, which RIAA said was responsible for ...

Super funds underplay risk profiles: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... 'growth' (risky) or 'defensive' (more stable)," she said. Super funds heavily invest in infrastructure and property - yet these assets are classified in very different ways by different funds, she added. Traditionally, growth assets have ...

Westpac ditches SMSF lending

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... loan offering at the end of this month. Customers wanting to use SMSFs to borrow and purchase residential investment property in Australia will have to look elsewhere. The bank and its subsidiaries will cease SMSF loans in order to "simplify" its product ...

IFM reports solid FY18

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... to do more for investors globally "To us, it [the Royal Commission] is an opportunity." In partnership with unlisted property manager Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT), earlier this year IFM launched a joint-venture tasked with providing institutional ...

Frontier names head of real assets arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... head of real assets on July 30. The asset consultant has about $300 billion under advice. Demir will work closely with property specialist Jennifer Johnstone-Kaiser, who joined Frontier in January this year. She has carved out a global career in investment ...

Commercial property manager hires sales executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... with borrowers and corporate, private and institutional investor clients. Law was formerly the head of institutional property at ANZ. He joined ANZ in 2004 as global head of leasing and structured asset finance. Before that, he was an executive director ...

Robo-advice users in for the long haul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... are most obvious across under the age of 45, with the pursuit of long-term goals now more common than saving to buy a property, go on holiday or pay for a wedding. "It's very encouraging to see younger people be more engaged with their long-term ...

Sydney asset manager hires director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... financial products and the regulatory framework within which they operate, as well as debt and equity financing, intellectual property, and film and television media law among others," an ASX statement said. Adams has worked in Australia, New Zealand ...

Investors sharpen watch on RMBS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... security pool is ripe for picking by fixed income and debt managers, challenges surround the asset class. Australian property prices are cooling, households have racked up record levels of debt, the central bank may be crawling towards a rate hike and ...