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Property funds urged to keep lid on gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Property investment portfolios should be geared at no higher than 30 per cent, according to real estate investment experts. Speaking at an IMCA seminar, both Leigh Gavin, senior consultant and head of property research at Frontier and Stephen Hiscock ...

Japan bond jitters keep funds guessing

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
US treasuries may fall in value following the Japanese earthquake, with fixed-interest fund managers assessing their exposure in the wake of the disaster. Japan is the second largest foreign holder of US Government bonds after China, holding $882.3 ...

FPA to reset membership criteria

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
The Financial Planning Association is seeking to restrict its membership with constituents to vote on the proposals in April. After June this year only practicing financial planners will be able to join the association as members with practice owners ...

Riots turn fund managers to risk review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Emerging markets are now a portfolio staple but riots in North Africa and other high-risk regions have forced fund managers to reassess their portfolios in the region, particularly their investments in mining stocks. Department of Foreign Affairs and ...

ASIC withdraws property fund licence

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Devgroup will wind up four property funds after ASIC revoked its financial services licence for failing to resolve ongoing breaches of licence conditions. The fund manager had been unable to meet net tangible assets and reporting obligations under the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... at $4.02 after it downgraded full year earnings guidance due to continuing difficult trading conditions. Shopping centre owner Westfield Group dropped five cents, or 0.52 per cent, to $9.59 after it announced Frank Lowy is to become non-executive chairman ...

Zurich taps small business owners insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has upgraded its life insurance products, with some of the key features designed to appeal to the small business owners (SBO) market. Zurich has introduced three new levels of cover to its Income Replacement ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... uncertainty" hangs over the next six months of trading. Woolworths shares dropped 11 cents to $26.39 in early trade, while Coles owner Wesfarmers was up nine cents at $32.69. Transfield Services said it is on track to deliver underlying profit growth ...

Paraplanners master SoAs with COIN

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
Financial planning software provider COIN has launched training courses for paraplanners, which could go some way to increasing the upskilling in the profession. The three-day courses, Paraplanning Fundamentals, are run in conjunction with outsourced ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... up four cents, or 0.73 per cent, to $5.49 after reporting it had increased its full-year profit by five per cent. Coles owner Wesfarmers was up 27 cents, or 0.79 per cent, to $34.61 after reporting a first half profit up 33 per cent to $1.17 billion. ...