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ASIC takes SMSF property spruikers to court

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has sought court orders against an unlicensed property investment promoter based in New South Wales. Park Trent Properties Group is carrying on an unlicensed financial services business and ...

Gold Coast advice firm enters EU over misleading ads

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
Gold Coast-based financial planning and property management business Equanimity Concepts has entered into an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The regulator found that from January 2012 to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... was up 13 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases residential property prices for the September quarter. Reserve Bank of Australia Head of Domestic Markets Department Chris Aylmer is scheduled ...

Sophisticated investor register launched

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... Sophisticated investors receive priority access to institutional deals including pre-IPO offers, private placements, property syndicates and structured investment products, but they lose retail investor disclosure protections. Investor certificates form ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... be closer to US$0.85), he's finally getting his wish sans lowering interest rates (that could blow more bubbles in the property market). Yippee-kay-yay! But the way the Australian economy is not going, we should be praying to the currency gods that we ...

Super returns dip to 9.0 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... Domestic and international bonds meanwhile posted returns of 6.0% and 8.5% respectively. Cash returned 2.7% and direct property 10% but A-REITs have returned 12% which continues their volatile ride as at end August they were posting returns of 20%.

Resolution Capital to manage Perennial REITs

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... securities strategies. The mandate is effective from November 1, 2014, and will include an unhedged option to the global property securities fund to complement the existing Australian dollar hedged fund. Resolution Capital has taken over the Perennial ...

DomaCom unveils IPO plans for 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... Securities Exchange (ASX) "sometime next year." The organisation wants to reach $100 million in assets in its flagship property fund "to have enough critical mass to support the IPO," Naoumidis said. He confirmed that DomaCom's property fund is currently ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... it reported a strong rise in first quarter loan approvals and expectations of a profit increase this financial year. Property owner GPT gained two cents to $4.05 after it upgraded its full year earnings guidance due to increased demand for office spaces. ...

SMSFs up weighting to international shares

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... technical services Philip La Greca said the significant decrease in cash holdings has mainly flowed into international, property and equity sectors. "International equities have performed strongly throughout the year and we've seen an increase in funds ...