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Mariner launches Austock takeover bid

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... year, which then rebadged the company as Octa Philip. Austock's business units now include Austock Services, Austock Property and Austock Life. It is understood that Mariner seeks to retain the funds management unit and offload the life insurance division. ...

MCCA up 80pct, new funds on track

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... million. In two decades MCCA has facilitated an estimated $650 million. Dr Kalam meanwhile confirmed MCCA's plans for a property trust, superannuation and hire purchase style offerings. "MCCA has never lost sight of its core function and purpose of service ...

MLC property fund faces leadership change

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
MLC global property securities fund portfolio manager Stuart Keighran is stepping down, according to research house Standard & Poor's. Keighran will relinquish his portfolio management responsibilities to Jonathan Armitage, head of equities and Australian ...

Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... 7% pa, almost triple inflation. The likelihood of the government introducing any clamp downs on the negatively geared property sector and the estimated $12 billion in annual tax concessions it costs the budget has just retreated even further. For the ...

SMSF establishments continue down trend

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... have continued to rise in popularity with $117 billion allocated at the close of the March quarter. Non-residential real property ($45 billion), unlisted trusts ($38 billion), other managed investments ($21 billion) and listed trusts ($20 billion) have ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... 2.34 per cent after the Italian government adopted growth measures and plans to sell off some state-held companies and property. In foreign exchange deals, the euro drifted up to $1.2635 from $1.2630 late Thursday in New York. Sterling rose against the ...

Advisers ready to move clients back to equities

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... they would move to international shares, 19% said they would move to direct equities and 10% said they would move to property securities. 32% of advisers surveyed said they were not looking to reduce their customers' cash holdings in the next 6-12 months. ...

Goodman partners with Malaysian pension fund

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... management services to the portfolio. "ETP intends to increase its exposure to real estate, by investing in best-in-class property groups around the world," said ETP deputy CEO investments, Dato Sharil Ridza Ridzuan. Goodman is an integrated property ...

Australian shares outperform all other asset classes

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Australian shares have outperformed all other asset classes - including residential investment property, fixed interest and cash - over a 20 year period, according to this year's Russell Investments/ASX Long-Term Investing Report. The 14th edition of ...

SMSF software helps maximise property tax deductions

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
SMSF administration software developer Class Super has launched accounting software to calculate property depreciation values on an on-going basis. Class Super, owned by Class Financial Systems, has introduced the new property module to allow SMSF administrators ...