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Home loans group calls on government to support reverse mortgage

AAP | MONDAY, 23 AUG 2004

... bi-partisan approach and consider supporting alternative options including reverse mortgages, which allow residential property owners over 60 to borrow funds secured on their property. This would ensure retirees did not have to rely solely on the pension ...

IFSA responds to TAP rush

... Allocated Pensions provide the opportunity to invest in a range of asset classes, such as shares, fixed interest and property, while receiving favourable social security treatment," Gilbert said. "They can also assist those who will accumulate a significant ...

FSA eases proposals for UK's with-profits funds

AAP | FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2004

... products, once the bedrock of Britain\'s life insurance industry, are savings accounts invested in shares, bonds and property that are meant to offer customers guaranteed returns even during market falls because the insurer keeps back returns in the ...

Schroders fixed income fund 4/5; Assirt

... designed to replace a typical fixed income allocation in a balanced fund as well as providing an alternative to listed property and mortgage trusts. The Schroders fixed income fund has so far outperformed benchmark by 2.1% since inception to 30 June ...

Small caps rank highest in July; Mercer

... mid caps at 3.5% and for the first time in six months large caps which produced a negative 0.7% in July. Financials ex-property trusts dropped by 4% for the month, weighed by the profit downgrade issued by NAB. Of the 69 Australian share specialist funds ...

Schroders sticks with long term investment strategy

... also remained concerned over the heavy use of leverage in some sectors, "particularly those growing by acquisition. eg Property Trusts and Utilities.\" Schroders also said while growth managers were generally out of favour as value managers have enjoyed ...

Report calls for tougher limits on RBA board members

AAP | MONDAY, 16 AUG 2004

... Reserve Bank governor Ian Macfarlane blocked board member Warwick McKibbin from taking an outside advisory role with a property investment fund. The Reserve Bank\'s outside directors are not allowed to serve as directors or employees of banks, credit ...

Growth funds turn down in July: InTech

... its recent decline during July also weighed on investments, subtracting a further 0.9% from unhedged returns. "While property was strong again in July, and other asset classes produced mildly positive returns, it was not enough to prevent all but 1 fund ...

Market wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2004

... and WMC Resources both unveil full year results that could set the tone for their respective sectors. As well, three property trusts release results and consumer sentiment data is revealed.

Housing finance slows in June led by investor market: economists

AAP | TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2004

... slowing in Australian housing finance for June, led by a sharp fall in investor demand, reinforced the view that the property market was continuing to cool, economists said on Monday. Australian housing finance commitments for owner occupied housing ...

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VanEck switches to AI-powered index

MATTHEW WAI

The ETF issuer is making a switch to one of its ETFs, telling Financial Standard the ETF will be Australia's first to use artificial intelligence (AI) to select international stocks, while confirming several new products will be available in the near future.

HESTA, Cbus, Mercer report super returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

HESTA, Cbus and Mercer have delivered strong returns for members over the financial year 2025-26 despite global uncertainty, attributing it to their diversification strategy.

Team Super welcomes new chief of staff

MATTHEW WAI

Team Super has appointed a senior executive to oversee its operations and staff, working alongside chief executive Vasyl Nair.

Global concentration risks to reorient investors: JBWere

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

A rising concentration risk across global and local equities is reorienting investors to income stocks and fixed income exposure, JBWere said.

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