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McGrath Estate Agents partners with Aura FM for SIV funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Aura Funds Management (AFM) has launched two funds that comply with the Commonwealth Government's Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program. The two funds - known as the Australian Core Property Fund and the Australian Strategic Equities Fund - provide ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street after better-than-expected US jobless claims figures stoked fears of early US Federal Reserve stimulus tapering. At 0755 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures ...

MSCI upgrades heighten frontier market concentration risk

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... locally based relationships are the best way of achieving a positive investment outcome in this asset class" Feriani added. AFM Investment Partners, who represent Advance Emerging Capital in Australia, said Feriani will be visiting in September to discuss ...

Who you know overshadows rules: Freehills view on Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... services." The issue for investors, however, will be how to access these opportunities, said John Donovan, managing director of AFM Investment Partners. "Super funds now invest into the region from Australia or through managers in London or New York ...

AFMA urges ASIC to focus on market risk

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australian Financial Markets Association wants the Australian Securities & Investments Commission to refine its proposed approach to dark pools, claiming it would lead to better targeted regulatory intervention in the market. Dark pools are orders ...

EM specialist enters Australian market

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... "Australian investors are increasingly interested in emerging markets," said John Donovan, managing director of Melbourne based AFM Investment Partners who recently partnered with Advanced Emerging Capital. "If you look at how a typical super fund structures ...

UK manager enters local market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
London-based investment house, Advance Emerging Capital, has partnered with Melbourne's AFM Investment Partners to enter the Australian institutional market. Advance Emerging Capital focuses on emerging and frontier markets and will work with AFM to ...

Australian First Mortgage and SuperShift form alliance

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... brokers the facility to be able to take part in SMSF limited recourse loans. The alliance, which sees the creation of the AFM SuperShift product, means brokers can now offer streamlined service with the full start to end SMSF process necessary to buy ...

Instos set sights on Indonesian assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... the Indonesia's profile as an attractive destination for investors. Mandiri, which partnered up with Melbourne fund manager AFM Investment Partners last September, said it was already being well received by its key market, Australian institutional investors ...

Research houses in regulatory spotlight

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
ASIC has put down proposals to completely separate research houses from their business units to ensure conflicts of interest are properly managed. The consultation paper was developed over concerns about the independence and quality of research reports. ...