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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 ...

More liquidity in alternative strategies: S&P

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... availability of ETFs and alternative beta products is putting fee pressure on strategies with higher levels of traditional asset class betas, including many classic FoHFs.

Centralised portfolios better for tax

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... benefit from a better understanding of the impact tax has on returns. Portfolio structure, including active/passive and asset class strategy decisions, can be altered when tax impacts are understood, said Scott Lawrence, managing director of Parametric ...

North American Endowments bullish on PE

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... LP Data at Preqin. "Despite some of these institutions being faced with liquidity issues and over-allocation to the asset class, many have ramped up their exposure to private equity investment over the past few years and it is clear that this important ...

New accountants' licence hailed as win for affordable advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... regime, accountants holding a limited Australian financial services licence (AFSL) may provide financial advice on SMSFs and 'class of product advice' on basic deposit products, general and life insurance, securities, and simple managed investment schemes. ...

Towers Watson's clients top $15bn in Smart Beta

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Towers Watson's institutional investment clients have allocated over $15 billion to Smart Beta solutions in the past five years. Smart Beta, which is actually hybrid of beta and alpha strategies, is an approach that uses a selection of analytical tools ...

IFM commits $90m to ConnectEast

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... and are a good value add for debt investors seeking additional sources of return for their portfolios. "We like the asset class because we recognise that for genuine good quality infrastructure you have a good risk return pay off," he added. AFIF is ...

Foreign MIS tax legislation delayed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... our financial services sector to access the growing markets on our doorstep and establish Australia as a genuinely world class financial services hub. "Every day the government delays the implementation of the full Investment Manager Regime is another ...

Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
A report unveiled yesterday by financial services and superannuation minister, Bill Shorten, revealed that 50% of older Australian intend to delay retirement. The report, titled Financial Wellbeing: Concerns and choices amongst older Australians, also ...

Centro settlement approved

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
The Federal Court in Melbourne this morning approved the $200 million class-action settlement to more than 5000 Centro investors from Centro and its former auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Justice John Middleton said he found the settlement fair and ...