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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
... injections. 58.5 per cent of the funds were used to accumulate assets and this included 17 per cent on deposits on residential property, 16 per cent on non-residential property and 16 per cent was deposited in financial institutions. Recent ABS data ...

Real estate service returns agent commissions

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
... selling costs while still taking advantage of the numerous benefits an agent can provide," Williams said. "Selling your property can be a stressful experience and mistakes can be made under pressure, particularly when the seller is inexperienced, which ...

Mellon scores $250m Sunsuper mandate

... Australian equity fund managers ABN AMRO, MIR, Qwest and IAG in June. Last week, it also awarded a $70 million global property mandate to Perennial. Michelle Baltazar

High net worth tax crack down

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... expected to raise $120 million in tax. The Tax Office also announced it will write to 23,000 people who purchased investment property, shares or units in a managed fund in 2005-06 to tell them about capital gains tax obligations if they dispose of their ...

Atom to distribute Pentacle property funds

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
Pentacle Property Funds Management has announced a strategic partnership with Atom Financial Services for the distribution of Pentacle fund of funds products to advisers. Chief executive officer of Pentacle, James Burkitt, said the strategic partnership ...

Fortia builds on experience

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
Boutique property fund manager Fortia Funds Management has announced the addition of a new director to help drive its development ambitions. Long time industry stalwart John Cooper has been appointed to the board. He will focus on driving development ...

Symantec turns compliance into revenue

... solution also has features designed to track and, if necessary, block unauthorised downloading of the company's intellectual property via office computers. Sykes said this has become relevant in recent times as iPods and other similar electronic devices ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... years to determine its relevance. The government has also agreed to liaise with the states to ensure more uniformity of property conveyancing laws and to review consumer protection, privacy and food safety laws. The St.George Australian Chamber of Commerce ...

Big gaps in performance between managers

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... hedged counterparts, with Vanguard's unhedged portfolio outperforming its hedged by 2.33 per cent. The Australian listed property sector was outperformed by global listed property, with returns of 18.09 per cent and 20.19 per cent respectively. The fixed ...

Merrill Lynch appoints BDM for WA

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... retail and institutional markets. Barker was formerly associate director for funds management and corporate sectors with property group Aspen and has worked with the former Securities Institute of Australia and in retail banking roles. MLIM head of distribution ...