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Property funds looking for offshore or unlisted investments

A comparative review of Australian property securities funds has found that domestic crowding is increasingly forcing local property managers to look offshore for investments. Managed Investment Assessments (MIA), as part of its research alliance with ...

One-tenth of employees to opt for super choice in just year one: ASFA

The latest Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) survey on the impact of choice of fund has shown that 4 per cent of survey respondents have already exercised choice, with another 5 per cent likely to follow in the next year. "The ...

Implemented consulting: the devil is in the detail

Rice Walker Actuaries has joined the debate on whether implemented consulting adds value or not. Their answer is "yes" but how the consultants deliver the returns is far from straightforward. In their latest survey on the performance of six asset consultants ...

Secured creditors called on for help in Westpoint bungle

The head of the financial planner-funded Westpoint Recovery Fund, Ian Bristow, has called on Westpoint's secured creditors such as ING, MFS, LM Investment and Perpetual, to help salvage investments poured into the company before it's too late. Three ...

APRA not budging on June RSE licence deadline

Superannuation watchdog APRA has announced that existing superannuation trustees have until February 17 to apply for an RSE licence. After that, all bets are off. "To date, the trustees of all major superannuation entities regulated by APRA that indicated ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2006
Futures levels point to a stronger opening on the Australian share market following a positive lead from Wall Street. Stronger-than-expecter earnings from US aerospace company Boeing Co pushed blue-chip US stocks higher overnight. The local bourse closed ...

NAB sells BNZ Investment Management to AXA

National Australia Bank (NAB) announced it has completed the sale of BNZ Investment Management to Assure New Zealand Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited. The original sale was announced on 30 November 2005 and was ...

Macq opens gateway to global property

Macquarie Adviser Services has launched the European Investors Global Property Trust, a soon-to-list trust designed to give investors access to property companies and trusts overseas. "Real estate has rapidly earned its place as a legitimate part of ...

Exchange traded funds to surge

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are big in the US but have barely made a ripple in the local market and fund manager INVESCO wants that to change. INVESCO's UK parent AMVESCAP has just signed a deal to buy PowerShares, the fastest growing ETF provider ...

Retirees to keep working and leave nothing for the kids

Forty-eight per cent of retirees plan to live off the pension and more than two-thirds of Australians will spend their money rather than save it for their children. These are the findings emanating from two studies, one published by AXA and the other ...