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Weak tenant demand hurts Aussie property outlook

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
Subdued demand in a number of sectors means that Australian commercial real estate has become less attractive, according to La Salle Investment Management. While the real estate investment specialist remained positive on the Australian property market ...

ASIC slaps permanent ban on insurance claim manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
ASIC has permanently banned a Victorian insurance claims manager from providing financial services after an investigation found he fraudulently pocketed more than $1 million. Travers David Loy, of Heathmont in Victoria, was the national claims manager ...

Banks missing super cross-selling opportunities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Only one in 10 in bank customers have their personal super with their bank, showing that banks are missing a huge cross-selling opportunity. Roy Morgan Research has just released a report that shows that only than 10.4% of the personal customers of ...

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Australia appears to have started this new week, new month, new quarter new financial year with a little bit more stride in its steps. This could be because of the world's biggest central bankers' comforting ...

AMP targets SMSFs for infrastructure and property funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
AMP Capital is launching a website as part of a new marketing campaign aimed at encouraging self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors to branch out into infrastructure and non-residential property. While residential property is a popular investment ...

Advisers saturate HNW space

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
An increasing number of advisers are turning their attention to servicing high net worth (HNW) clients, a market that is fast becoming overcrowded according to Harris Fraser managing partner Marc Geary "It has been harder and harder to service the HNW ...

FSC Conference kicks off July 31

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) will be holding its annual conference at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 31 - August 2. Shadow Minister for Superannuation and Financial Services Mathias Cormann and FSC chief executive John ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
"Do that to me one more time Once is never enough... Say those words again that you just did Oh, baby, tell it to me once again." -Captain and Tennille...and baby, baby, central bankers did it again. Despite the absence of any significant news over ...

Hunter Hall founder targets instos and SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Parker Asset Management has re-launched in Australia as Altair Asset Management to reflect a broadening of its business beyond family office and private wealth investment to include institutional and retail clients. Philip Parker, who co-founded Hunter ...