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Australians willing to pay just $300 for advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... willing to pay for reviewing retirement plans ($540 for initial consultations), followed by taking out an investment property loan ($530), and reviewing an existing comprehensive financial plan ($420). The trend for investors looking to pay low fees ...

Westscheme sells $300m Brisbane property

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... Westscheme announced the $300 million enterprise value meant the fund achieved an equity value of around $106 million for the property. The West Australian fund bought Brisbane Square in 2004 for an equity value of around $54.5 million. "It has been ...

Cashed up AustralianSuper ready to pounce

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... and Europe - might also be worth putting some of that cash in," he said. Fraser also flagged opportunities in unlisted property and debt. Earlier this year, AustralianSuper awarded a $200 million Australian equities mandate to Northcape Capital. Challenger ...

ASIC strikes back in Opus dispute

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Legal wrangling over the future of a Brisbane-based property fund manager is continuing with ASIC filing an appeal against a Federal Court decision that looked to have provided the besieged property fund manager with a lifeline. ASIC cancelled Opus ...

Lower tax rate opens local property to foreign investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
CB Richard Ellis (CBRE ) and Echo Capital are targeting foreign investors with new property products in Australia after the May budget revised the national withholding tax rate to a more favourable 7.5 per cent. The new strategic alliance, MITSA (Managed ...

Sunsuper building gets green tick

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
The Green Building Council of Australia has awarded a 5 star rating for Coronation Drive Office Park Building 4 - a property jointly owned by AMP's Australian Core Property Portfolio and Sunsuper. The council awarded the '5 Star Green Star Office As ...

AvSuper awards hedge fund mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... earlier this year. Meanwhile, the fund recently terminated a $17.5 million investment with the Morgan Stanley Global Property Securities Fund. "We feel we'll get better returns by allocating the proceeds to international equities," said Griffiths. Fauchier ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Russell Australia High Dividend Index's top ten holdings was dominated by financial stocks but property trusts are emerging as attractive high-yield stocks. The Russell Australia High Dividend Index (RAHDI) includes Australian blue-chip companies with ...

AXA IM gains more from European property

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
The time is ripe for investors to boost their allocation into European property, with likely returns as high as 30 per cent as the sector comes out of one of the worst periods for global real estate. Kiran Patel, global head of research and strategy ...

Challenger buoyed by annuities, boutiques

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... stood at $12 billion, following net inflows of $1.5 billion and the conversion of $3.1 billion in Australian equities and property funds previously managed directly by Challenger. According to a statement released by the company to the ASX yesterday ...