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Avoca Investment Management, the new small cap boutique that is the brainchild of former UBS small cap managers Jeremy Bendeich and John Campbell, will not be relying on ...

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18 May 2011

Rental rates and values in commercial properties are tipped for strong growth on the back of huge demand for office space in the Sydney and Melbourne central business dis...

The FOFA reforms are a good start but do not go far enough to address the potential lack of disclosure regarding institutional and industry fund planners, according to th...

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Income-based investment strategies, such as corporate bonds in faster growing markets, will help take advantage of a 'new normal' two-speed global economy with higher vol...

16 May 2011

Self-managed super fund trustees are taking advantage of new limited recourse borrowing arrangements to invest in both property and other financial assets, according to S...

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16 May 2011

Vanguard has added three exchange-traded funds to its existing offering of four ETF products, and has also significantly decreased the management fees on its two existing...

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New Finsia head Russell Thomas has identified a renewed focus on the organisation's membership as a key priority as he starts his term as chief executive and managing dir...

15 May 2011

Now is the time to re-enter the direct property market, although access to funding for lenders continues to be a major hurdle, according to the Australian Direct Property...

15 May 2011

People affected by a reduction to the low-income tax offset could look at insurance bonds as another option, according to IOOF....

A reduction in the low-income tax offset (LITO) for minors will have the desired effect of reducing tax reduction strategies for family trusts, but could also disadvantag...

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