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Accountants on look-out for SMSF-expert advisers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... the year and which are required to complete the SMSF audit, as well as additional online reporting such as portfolio valuations and BGL Simple Fund download files."

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... Buffett's metric -- the percentage of total market cap relative to the US GNP is "probably the best single measure of where valuations stand at any given moment" - it's now at 110% of GNP. The last time it was this high was in 2007 (gulp) though still ...

US real estate business launches strategy in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... global property cycle," Snowden said. "Our investment process identifies high quality growth companies at attractive valuations and our benchmark agnostic portfolio construction concentrates our client's capital in the best opportunities globally," Crowe ...

RBA red flags SMSF property exposure

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... associated with a recent pick-up in Sydney housing price growth and reports of sale prices exceeding price guidance and valuations by wide margins," the review said. "It is important that those purchasing property maintain realistic expectations of future ...

Kenyon Partners renames to Connect Financial

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... including succession planning, business growth strategies, specific projects on sourcing of acquisitions, business valuations, business financing and expert witness. Tynan expects that as soon as the dust settles after the implementation of the Future ...

Benchmark bond funds worst choice for Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... Australia's bond market rally, however, it was possible that they could work in the opposite direction-causing bond valuations to fall-as global volatility continued. "Just recently we've seen Australian bond yields following US Treasury yields higher ...

Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... sight of the long-term value of a business. Sell-side analysts' focus on near-term earnings forecast yet earnings - not valuations - drive returns in the long run," Natoff said. "A large part of company value is represented by longer term profitability ...

Aussie investors should have 90% of equity portfolio overseas

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... eurozone debt crisis has made selective financials stocks compelling in recent times. Moore highlights the difference in valuations between Commonwealth Bank, an Aussie favourite trading on 3.5 times book value and European bank ING, which is trading ...

Class Super beats BGL to launch automated property valuator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... fund (SMSF) software provider Class Super has teamed up with property valuator RP Data to launch an automated property valuations service for SMSFs, ahead of BGL's planned launch of a similar service in two weeks. Class Super chief executive Rajarshi ...

End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... but Humphreys, an investment manager at the private bank, said those sectors which have swelled to dangerous market valuations, pose a serious risk to investors when QE is finally tapered. "There can be no question that a big change in monetary policy ...