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Future Fund appoints former QIC head strategist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... alpha-beta mandates from traditional hybrid fund mandates. In March, the group also injected $30 million in an intellectual property fund with the aim to capture returns from so-called "incubator assets". "The days of just putting your money into equities ...

IOOF plays fair with fee discounts

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... some aspects of it, but as far as product-type rules go, we're open to anyone who we can help out." IOOF refers to the Property Law Act (Victoria) 1958 in defining what constitutes an eligible couple. According to the Act, a domestic relationship is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... CAC-40 index closed at 5,551.55 points, down 121.17 or 2.14 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei average fell 1.6 per cent as property shares including Sumitomo Realty & Development fell on concern about a slowing real estate market while worries about subprime ...

Pre-retirees map out uncertain future: FSS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... so they're aware of the options. It found 77 per cent of respondents had other assets besides superannuation including property, besides the family home, and shares. First State Super is ranked as one of the 10 largest super funds in Australia with more ...

ING launches SMSF kit

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... reports on-line. The service, administered by ING's specialist SMSF provider SuperConcepts, can invest in direct shares, property, managed funds or asset classes many retail funds cannot access, including direct property, artwork or collectables. ING ...

ADPIA lobbies for fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
A property association representing $20 billion of investor assets has joined the industrywide call for better investor education after thousands of mum-and-dads lost $1 billion on high yield but high risk investment products. Speaking at a conference ...

Scalable laws could protect property finance investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
More regulation in itself may not be the answer to avoiding future property group collapses, but better structured and scalable regulation might be, said the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (IAA). Greg Martin, IAA senior vice president, said better ...

Macq Pastoral banks on beef demand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... Macquarie Pastoral Group has made its second major purchase after it bought 'The Bulls Run', an established cattle and sheep property on the Murrumbidgee River in NSW, for an undisclosed amount. The new 7,500-hectare property concentrates its operations ...

MFS bumper year after restructure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
It has been a busy year for property investor and developer MFS Group which announced a net profit of $13.4 million for the year to 30 June 2007, beating its May 2007 earnings per security (EPS) forecast by 124 per cent. Excluding Fair Value Adjustments ...

Stop chasing artificial yields: PIR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
Investors with high allocations to property should review their portfolios after a leading property research expert said that the sector's blanket out-performance won't last. PIR managing director Richard Cruikshank said that low property yields over ...