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DomaCom launches affordable housing crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... Land Lease Community (RLLC) model, which Akuna founding director Graeme Jacobs said had "no exit fees, with any future house sale only subject to the normal residential sales commission fee of 2.5%." He added that there are no refurbishment fees "or ...

EOFY: Super funds to hit double digit returns

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
Rainmaker analysis of super fund returns for 2016-17 shows this will be the eighth consecutive year of positive returns with cumulative returns since the GFC breaking through 90%. SelectingSuper expects the buoyant investment returns could see more ...

Powerwrap raises $19.4 million for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... Powerwrap commence the next stage of its growth strategy, with the potential for an IPO later this year. Despite talk of a sale earlier in the year, the $6 billion platform undertook a capital raising through a private placement with pro-rata priority ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
It appears Australian equities will end the final day of FY2016-17 with an EOFYS (end of financial year sale) gauging from the heavy selling on Wall Street and Europe overnight. The S&P 500 index closed 0.9% lower last night (the Nasdaq even more, down ...

Short-termism obsession misses premia: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
Investors are missing out on return premiums of up to 1.5% per annum simply because they are too focused on quarterly earnings and short-term gains. Moving out of a short-termism mentality requires a "major shift" in asset managers' mindset and skills ...

FoFA should also protect retail banking customers: FSU

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
FoFA reforms protecting consumers against conflicting remuneration structures when purchasing wealth products should be broadened to retail banking consumers as well, according to the Finance Sector Union. Speaking at yesterday's Senate inquiry into ...

The challenge of finding true active management

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
Active management has a critical role to play in the current global economic environment - but it pays to know what you're getting out of it. Speaking at a T. Rowe Price investment briefing in Sydney, national sales manager Darren Hall noted that it's ...

Senior hires at Northern Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
On the back of announcing Sally Surgeon will head its Sydney operations, Northern Trust is growing its local presence and product offering with an additional three senior hires. Northern Trust hired Simon McDonough as a senior equity program trader ...

US investment giant hires Australian insto head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The asset management business of one of the largest life insurance providers in the world is furthering its Australian distribution footprint with the appointment of a head of institutional relationships. Cameron Sinclair joins PGIM, the Prudential ...

FSU calls out NAB for lack of standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
Any compliance breaches made by NAB Financial Planning around the incorrect witnessing of Beneficiary Nomination forms prior to 31 May 2017 should not be included in the new conduct background check protocol. That is the view of the Finance Sector Union ...