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Reporting season hikes A-REITs worth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
APN Funds Management (APN FM) is trumpeting the return of value to the A-REIT sector, but the fund manager also singled out this year's reporting season as the crux in restoring full investor confidence in the asset class. The $4.3 billion APN FM singled ...

Planners buy 15pc stake in TSG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Senior financial planners from The Salisbury Group have accepted an offer to purchase 15 per cent equity share in the dealer group. TSG manages more then $700 million on behalf of clients. In July last year, Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) ...

Back testing not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
Historical back-testing can only get you so far - it's time to free investment managers to do what they do best when it comes to harvesting better returns. Brian Parker, investment strategist at MLC Investment Management, said the overriding aim of ...

Plum reloads for HNW clients

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
Plum Financial Services relaunched its financial planning division, developed a pension product and revamped its website to better cater for high net worth (HNW) members. The firm's financial planning service, which includes 60 financial advisers, was ...

Businesses weighed down by choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
A survey of payroll managers found 60 per cent of respondents found the choice-of-fund process frustrating and labour-intensive, costing an average business tens of thousands of dollars each year on administration spend. The joint survey conducted by ...

Swedish pension lessons for Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, has suggested Australia look to Sweden's nationalised pension system for a model of how to operate a low-cost superannuation system. But is this the right comparison? The centrally ...

Investors influence credit ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Credit rating agencies are bowing to the pressure of investors, issuers, and underwriters to change their ratings, a new survey shows. A recent member opinion poll conducted by the CFA Institute found that 11 per cent of those surveyed witnessed a CRA ...

Unlisted assets poised for higher illiquidity premiums

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Property experts predict the LPT sell-off will trigger a price correction in the direct property market but at least when the dust settles, super funds should enjoy illiquidity premiums not seen in years. Latest Rainmaker Data shows the performance ...

SELECT guides investors to managed futures

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
SELECT Asset Management highlights the diversification benefits and potential to generate strong returns in down equity markets of managed futures in a new information guide for retail investors. According to the firm's The Case for Managed Futures ...

Term deposits competition heats up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
Competition between financial institutions to provide the most appealing term deposit or cash product is mounting as investors remain cautious on domestic equity markets. Last week ING added the ANZ Flexible Term Deposit fund to its OneAnswer platform. ...