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Viaticorp introduces Life Investments industry to Australia

Life investments - a capital-stable, non-volatile asset class with historical returns of up to 18 per cent - are now available to Australian investors for the first time, Viaticorp Group has announced. These investments - strong performers in the US ...

Launch of new property fund

... is claimed to be one of the few of this type. SAITeysMcMahon says the fund will maintain an equal exposure to each asset class, although the allocation can be varied to take advantage of a particular investment opportunity or perceived mis-pricing between ...

Direct property outperforms trusts in past quarter: FSPI

The Australian property sector provided a total return of 2.6% in the three months to July, according to the latest Financial Standard Property Indices (FSPI), released today. But, in contrast to the full year to July, during which listed property trusts ...

Morningstar likely to downgrade Zurich international equities

... Management. Morningstar has said that this represents a significant diminution of skills and experience in management of the asset class and style. A downgrade of the rating is likely. Zurich had informed the ratings house that the three key investment ...

Equity sentiment reaches extremely bullish levels: FSIU

The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) today released the results of its market expectations survey for August 2003, citing that most industry professionals surveyed have predicted that equities would outperform the other asset classes, especially ...

IAG announces $153million profit for the year

The Insurance Australia Group (IAG) announced today a net profit of $153 million after tax for the year ended 30 June 2003. IAG said that the profits had confirmed the success of the CGU and NZI acquisition and reflected the ongoing successes of initiatives ...

FSIU launches unique ratings product

The Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) today launched a new series of investment performance review (IPR) ratings for 480 Australian wholesale managed funds, including superannuation funds, institutional investors and platform products. The ...

ING in $329.63 million New York property acquisition

ING Office Fund today announced it had acquired a 49 per cent interest (50% voting rights) in a class A, Midtown Manhattan office building located at 900 Third Avenue, New York. The 36-level property, completed in 1984, has a total net rentable area ...

International merchandise imports reduces to $10.627 billion in July

The value of international merchandise imports into Australia reduced from $10.715 billion in June to $10.627 billion in July, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The biggest item on the bill was machinery and transport equipment at ...

Merchandise imports drop $88 million in July: ABS

Merchandise imports dropped $88 million to $10.63 billion in July, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. There was a $400 million fall in the import of machinery and transport equipment, which fell to $4.97 billion. Imports of crude ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA | 12:25PM

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:30PM

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO | 12:21PM

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI | 12:13PM

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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