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Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012

Mercer expands local Sentinel team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... according to Solomon. He also indicated Mercer Sentinel will be adding more staff in Asia to further develop an intellectual property hub in Singapore, with Craig Plane, currently based in Mercer's Hong Kong office, relocating soon. Mercer's investment ...

GREITS for the best property on the planet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Assembling a properly diversified property portfolio involves global diversification not just local, and that is something only global REITs can deliver because Australian funds simply don't have enough scale to do it themselves. Andrew Kavouras, head ...

Resi property portal targets planners, SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Residential property is an attractive asset class but choosing a property for a self-managed super fund (SMSF) is not as simple as choosing a property to live in or negatively gear yourself. SMSF investors need to factor in how their income and capital ...

Super fund returns almost flat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... May 2012, noting this is a big step backwards from last month when rolling annual losses were 5%. In contrast, direct property earned 9%, international fixed interest earned 11% and domestic fixed interest earned a staggering 13%. The top five Workplace ...

Real estate suffers as Europe goes DC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... stage have the scale to be able to make sensible investments and a reasonable return out of it." Trickett argued that property had a larger role to play in liability-driven investment (LDI) calling out UK, Dutch and German schemes as simply buying local ...

DomaCom to offer advisers free software

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Internet-based property investment vehicle DomaCom is set to offer advisers free access to an online financial planning software tool. DomaCom Guided Planning System (GPS) is a software application that enables advisers to assess their clients' current ...

Gen Y's more financially independent

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... Renee Amor, spokesperson for RaboDirect said the softer housing market also sounds a warning for boomers relying on the property market to fund their retirement. The survey also found that 30% of the respondents expect to retire still encumbered with ...

US equities a gateway to emerging markets

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... production to Asia, call America home, and US equities can be used to tap into their success. "Most of the intellectual property rights and the returns on capital typically reside in America. Smartphones and tablets are a good example of this, with apple ...

Canadian pension funds eye Aust infra

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Australian infrastructure, according to a panel discussion hosted by The Trust Company. Canadian investment in Australian property and infrastructure has risen dramatically in recent years, with Australia now the third largest global destination for ...