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DUET Group approves internal management

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... shareholder approval had been required to go ahead with the plans. DUET was established in June 2003 as wholesale unit trusts. In August 2004, DUET listed on the ASX and AMP Capital established a joint venture by selling Macquarie 50% of the entities ...

Understand borrowing laws warns ATO

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... property is the right investment for their SMSF and that the arrangement is legal. "We have also seen instances where holding trusts have not even been established at the time the 'contracts to acquire' are signed. In other instances the title of the ...

Fund flows up after tax changes

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... and investor type, said the FSC. From 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011, investment in Australia via Managed Investment Trusts (MITs) grew by 54% from $21.89 billion to $33.60 billion. During this period, investment from the Asia Pacific Region accounted ...

New US trading desk for AMP Capital

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... at real estate investment management firm Heitman. Cadogan's dealing coverage will include global real estate investment trusts, global infrastructure and global resources.

AUI calls it quits on two mortgage trusts

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
Poor market sentiment and the introduction of bank guarantees have forced the closure of two mortgage trusts. Australian Unity Investments (AUI) decided yesterday to close its Mortgage Income Trust (MIT) and Wholesale Mortgage Income Trust (WMIT). All ...

Christian Super appoints State Street as custodian

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... reporting, the level of detail they could provide on our investments and their ability to look through data on our unlisted trusts," he said. "Accessing this information via our custodian will free up our investment team to focus on investment decisions ...

Perennial defection triggers Zenith review

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Zenith has placed three Perennial property trusts under review, after key staff moved across to Colonial First State Global Asset Management. When Perennial head of property David Kivell replaced the outgoing Steven Hayes, an exodus from the investment ...

Platforms at 10 year low

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... billion), OnePath Australia ($17.9 billion) and Mercer ($15.6 billion) are responsible for 94% of the platforms total. Master Trusts $66.5 billion funds (15.7%) fared better, up 4.7% over the past year. Inflows totalled $16.4 billion (14.5%) and despite ...

Super funds out-perform TDs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... are still depressed at only -0.6% pa. Not-for-profit funds achieved median 12 month returns of 6.9% and corporate master trusts 6.4%, resulting in a segment gap that is only 0.5 percentage points, the lowest it has been in two years. While the market ...

Financial Simplicity boosts managed accounts offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... Individual Savings Accounts and Self-Invested Personal Pensions. "In Australia, this functionality is also required for family trusts and self managed super funds," said Enda Mahoney, chief operating officer at Financial Simplicity. "For family trust ...