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Challenger in $602m alliance with Federation shopping malls

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Challenger has entered into an agreement to buy half shares in six Federation shopping malls in a deal worth $602 million. The asset manager will take a 50% stake in regional shopping centres in Bankstown and Roselands in New South Wales as well as ...

Fewer Australians invest in shares: ASX

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
The number of Australians investing in the share market continued to decline in 2012, according to the Australian Securities Exchange's Australian Share Ownership Study 2012. The study found that 38% of Australians owned shares in 2012, compared with ...

Budget 2013-14 wrap up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
The headlines for the sector are that the superannuation changes announced on 5 April 2013 have been confirmed, the Medicare levy will increase by 0.5% from next year to offset the cost of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), some future tax ...

EQT ups offer for Trust Company

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) has issued revised proposal for the acquisition of The Trust Company after its first offer was rejected in favour of a counter offer by Perpetual Limited (Perpetual). In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange this morning ...

Frontier and Rogerscasey form research alliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Frontier Advisors and Segal Rogerscasey have partnered to establish a Global Investment Research Alliance (GIRA) to share research on investment managers across the globe. The Alliance is expected to expand to a maximum of six members with additional ...

Infrastructure offers income low correlation to other assets

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Investments in infrastructure assets give diversification benefits to income portfolios with less volatility and lower correlation to the equity market, according to Omega Global Investors managing director George Vassos. Vassos explained that a institutional ...

IFM expands direct investments team

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
Industry Funds Management (IFM) has expanded its direct investments group with the appointment of Ashley Barker as investment director. Barker will focus on identifying and executing investment opportunities for IFM's new direct investments business. ...

Number of instos prioritising risk doubles since GFC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
The proportion of investment organisations placing risk management as their highest priority has more than doubled since before the 2008 financial crisis, according to a new research by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) commissioned by State Street ...

Govt could handcuff SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
The government may have to force self-managed super fund (SMSF) members to undertake mandatory advice or outsource their investment strategy back to professionals to cover off a risk of it facing unexpected pension liabilities. That is the view expressed ...

Countplus makes expansion plans

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
Countplus has foreshadowed the listing of a new accounting-only vehicle on the ASX. According to an ASX statement Countplus had "previously advised that it would generally only directly purchase stand-alone accounting firms on a part-ownership basis". ...