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Funds management

APN Funds Management is to list its Property for Income Fund on the Austock exempt market this month following the poaching of a number of key Colonial First State proper...

Financial planning

Do you recommend margin lending products?...

Financial planning

Last month, Australia’s investment watchdog fired out a missive to investors alerting them to the dangers of the margin lending market. Samantha Walker asked the in-dustr...

Financial planning

The booming margin lending market may be attracting heat from regulators around the world, but Ralph inspired tax changes are set to keep the flame burning. Jason Spits ...

Financial planning

The main focus for advisers over the coming months should not be the GST but rather the changes which will come into effect as part of the Ralph Review....

Financial planning

Table: The All Ords at the end of 2000 Macquarie Bank’s Greg Matthews 3100 Ord Minnett’s David Cassidy 3200 BT Funds Management’s Michael Coop 3300 JB Were’s Jus...

Funds management

The Australian Exempt Property Market will shortly announce new managers joining, according to MCS Property’s Julius Colman....

Financial planning

While some financial planners are already capturing younger customers, many more are overlooking a market that is poised to become a major force to be reckoned with. Loui...

Financial planning

In April the Federal Government released a draft to industry of its bill changing the investment standards for superannuation funds (see <I>Money Management</I> May 13). ...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has recently introduced a bill into parliament which could have wide ranging effects on self managed superannuation funds. Nick In-gram takes a loo...

Financial planning

Scullers has done it again!...

Editorial

Profits for margin lending providers are artificially high, according to an industry figure....

Financial planning

It is a sort of chicken and egg situation. One of the reasons behind the current property boom is the cheap money available. Yet mortgage lenders are becoming concerned a...

Financial planning

Margin lending clients can open up a whole new demographic market for advisers, according to Macquarie Bank Equities Lending associate di-rector, Mary Thompson. Thompson,...

Financial planning

There is still a lingering perception among Australian investors that negative gearing has magical curing powers for their taxation ills. A combination of a culture of in...

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