Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 2931 - 2940 of 5858 results for "Property"

FPA calls for clear separation of general and personal advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... government to "follow Cooper's recommendation and undertake a formal review of the decision to allow SMSFs to gear up property in their fund."

Folkestone acquires Maxim property boutique

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Folkestone has acquired boutique property fund manager Maxim Asset Management (Maxim), a specialist in listed real estate securities and high yield real estate debt. Maxim was co-founded by Winston Sammut in 2003. Sammut has more than 30 years' experience ...

Super returns up slightly to 12.8pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... contrast, cash returned 2.8%, domestic bonds returned 3.1%, AREITs returned 4%, international bonds returned 4.8% and direct property returned 9%. Three year average annual super fund returns are 8.4% pa, over five years they are 10.2% pa and over 10 ...

Thinktank launches LRBA loan service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Property loan specialist Thinktank has launched a limited recourse borrowing arrangement (LRBA) loan for self-managed super funds (SMSFs). The Thinktank SMSF Commercial Loan offers loan-to-value ratios of up to 75% and 25 year repayment terms. The maximum ...

ASFA and AIST push for tighter regulation of SMSFs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... advocated that consumer protection be increased in relation to SMSFs by mandating that asset classes such as investment property and limited recourse loans only be provided through licensed financial planners." AIST, meanwhile, emphasised the systemic ...

Macquarie adds Government Bond Fund to SIV suite

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... Funds offer investors access to a diverse range of Australian-based asset classes including cash, fixed interest, listed property, equities and now Government bonds. The funds cater for diverse investor risk/return profiles with a number of the funds ...

Market Vectors ETF gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... listed on the ASX in October last year. They are the Market Vectors Australian Banks ETF (MVB), Market Vectors Australian Property ETF (MVA), Market Vectors Australian Resources ETF (MVR) and Market Vectors Australian Emerging Resources ETF (MVE).

QBE invests in Invesco property fund

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
QBE Insurance Group (QBE) has invested into Invesco's North American Core Direct Property Fund, which invests exclusively in North American direct property assets. While Invesco would not reveal the amount of the investment, a spokesperson said that ...

Super is now an economic driver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... capital stock, the super system invested an aggregate of about $30 billion in infrastructure, private equity, and direct property, super's $11 billion stake underpins the commercial property market with a 140% increase over the last decade and super ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted, "Comrade Obama, what should those who have neither accounts nor property abroad do? Have you not thought about it? I think the decree of the President of the United States was written by some joker." ...