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Uni to offer SMSF degree

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... the association based on the idea that with better knowledge comes better decisions," said Slattery. "Don't forget that research has shown SMSF trustees are better educated than the majority of the market."

Striking a balance on SMSF direct property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... in direct property because it is un-correlated to the share market. "More are looking at investing in direct property. Research has shown in the last three months that people have actually moved out of the share market into the property market given ...

US property still has upside

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... Investors. In their "Navigating Stormy Seas: the US real estate investment outlook" report, Doug Herzbrun, CBRE global head of research, said, "Barring an outright recession, momentum is strong enough to drive positive conditions in the office, industrial ...

Suncorp/Tyndall shifts to enhanced indexing

Just more than three months after Suncorp/Tyndall's Australian equities team left to set up a boutique, the group has signed up Russell's transition management team to run its $3 billion-plus equities portfolio under a new enhanced indexing model. Managing ...

Value after sub-prime: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... emerging markets and shares that benefit from market volatility in the coming year, according to Stephen van Eyk, van Eyk Research managing director. Speaking at the SPAA conference, van Eyk said investors should allocate towards emerging market stocks ...

Pinnacle appoints distrib exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... development manager. In this position, Chambers will be based in Melbourne and build relationships with asset consultants, research houses and major investment clients for the group's boutique firms. The firm is expected to appoint another executive ...

FPA drafts practice principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... Standards are not intended as a replacement or a contradiction to the law as a set of professional guidelines. Minimum research standards, building an appropriate financial plan, clear communication, financial planner obligations and client rights are ...

Good management pays, governance not yet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... returns, investing in well run companies and those following good climate change policies just might. Reputex, an investment research and consulting firm which aims to quantify the impact of emerging risks such as corporate governance, carbon and geo-political ...

Don Russell joins State Super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... directed to review the financial exposures of local councils. Previously, Russell worked at US wealth management and research firm, Sanford C Bernstein and was Australian ambassador to the US and principal adviser to then Prime Minister and treasurer ...

Baring Asia pumps $95m in green fuel

... China could be a leader in providing this alternative energy source. Latest statistics from the China Coal Information Research Institute found that the region boasts 37 trillion cubic-meter reserves of coalbed methane, ranking third is size after Russia ...