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SMSFs missing out on returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... self-reporting that they had 36% in direct shares, 23% in cash and cash products, 22% in managed investments, 12% in direct property and 4% in other investments. The study showed 82% agreed diversifying their SMSF is important but "in practice many don't ...

Advisers struggling with SMSF diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... diversifying their SMSF client portfolios, in comparison to non-SMSF client portfolios. Maroney said that while direct property is popular with SMSFs, property investments often have greater value when compared to the client's overall portfolio ...

Unlisted property top performer in 2017: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... delivered returns of 7.7% per annum, while other asset classes underperformed on a risk-adjusted basis. Australian direct property also performed strongly, delivering total returns of 11.9% per annum and income of 5.8% per annum, the report said. "The ...

Pension phase SMSFs prefer Aussie equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... accumulation phase SMSFs and the ASX200 index. Pension phase SMSFs are also three times less likely to invest in direct property than those in the accumulation phase, and 12 times less likely to borrow money to invest in residential property. "Where ...

DomaCom enters retail super market with new partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... Peterson said this will enable financial advisers to create their own white-labelled retail super offerings providing direct property investment. He said this represented "a unique offering for financial advisers and their clients." DomaCom chief executive ...

Superannuation savings reach $2.5 trillion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... this has seen many industry funds adopt a collective approach to investing in assets such as infrastructure and direct property," Scheerlinck said. "Recently we have seen a number of profit-to-member funds and the collectively- owned IFM Investors take ...

Charter Hall launches fund, backs consumer spending

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... potential growth in income distribution and asset value. The fund now forms part of the fund manager's $2.9 billion direct property division. The wider Charter Hall group currently manages more than $20 billion.

Charter Hall launches new office fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... returns. It has an initial investment term of five years and for a minimum amount of $20,000. Charter Hall head of direct property Steven Bennett said PFA's projected yield compares very favourably to current interest rates, where two-year term deposits ...

Roaring forties produce super member tailwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... international have returned more than 15% in the 12 month period to June 2017, while global infrastructure and direct property not far behind. In the same period fixed interest portfolios have averaged around 1% and less for Australian only fixed interest," ...

In-house investment bears fruit for AustralianSuper

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... not sustainable. Silk added the fund has a significant weighting to "mid-risk" assets such as infrastructure, direct property and credit. It represents about 27% of the fund's portfolio. He recognises being underweight in fixed interest - yet he argues ...