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Hassle-free housing investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... chief executive Anthony Millet said the firm is more than happy to fill a gap left by the lack of real estate investment trusts (REITs) for residential property in Australia. "It's Australia's favourite asset class and yet it's largely inaccessible ...

Fund manager sells all shares ahead of crash

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... markets. Altair Asset Management chair and chief investment officer Philip Parker explained he had sold all shares in Altair trusts and gave managed discretionary account portfolios the option of either transferring equity holdings to other managers ...

Super reforms hit parliament

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... containing key amendments to the 2016 Federal Budget including changes to transition to retirement pensions and pooled super trusts has been tabled in parliament. According to IOOF's head of technical services Martin Breckon, the amendments are intended ...

Foreign trust disclosures overhauled in NZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Foreign trusts generating foreign income in New Zealand will now face significant disclosure requirements but still won't have any NZ income tax obligations. Christchurch-based Mackay Bailey director Michael Woodward said the new disclosure requirements ...

Trustee Partners crosses the ditch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... NZ$142 billion. Meanwhile, PCS provides a range of trustee, estate, and related services to individuals/families, private trusts, and charitable trusts in New Zealand, and holds about NZ$3.3 billion AUM. Complectus commenced an IPO process last year ...

Senior ATO official tangled in $165m fraud scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... allegedly siphoned off by the syndicate for their own personal gain, channelled through an elaborate series of companies and trusts. "The scale of this alleged fraud is unprecedented for the AFP; the response from our members yesterday is a direct response ...

Investment trusts receive affordable housing concessions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
The Government is removing restrictions on managed investment trusts to facilitate new affordable housing developments. Investors will be able to pool funds into a professionally-managed scheme and receive concessional tax treatments assuming that at ...

Sharing economy to reshape global real estate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... game once again on lease terms and yield. For investors, the opportunities are there to scout for real estate investment trusts (REITs) that are taking advantage of these demographic and technology trends, including the demand for warehouses that offer ...

EQT appoints former Deutsche Bank VP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... corporate trusteeship, James Connell will join the firm's Sydney office as senior manager, structured finance - corporate trusts. Connell has held senior roles with a number of institutions including BNY Mellon, Deloitte and Australian Executor Trustees. ...

Ausbil MicroCap suspends applications and redemptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... investment research John Dyall said the suspension by Ausbil highlights one of the difficulties of investing in open-ended unit trusts in illiquid markets. "When clients want their money back that very action can cause underperformance as managers try ...