PROPERTY

Funds management

Property syndicator WRF Securities has claimed the 17.5 per cent return on its just-completed Armidale No.1 Property Syndicate proves that unlisted property is tax-effect...

Financial planning

Reports of the property market’s death have been greatly exaggerated, according to a new survey showing a 14.7 per cent rise in mortgage sales across Australia during Mar...

Funds management

Australian Unity had added to its portfolio of property funds with the launch of a geared property income fund....

Financial planning

Property Investment Research has revamped its agribusiness research team after ditching its previous joint venture with independent researcher Tim Bennett....

Financial planning

Lonsec has become the second research house to suspend ratings on most HSBC Asset Management Australia funds, following yesterday’s confirmation of its purchase by Challe...

Financial planning

The apparent bargain price paid for HSBC Asset Management Australia by Challenger Financial Services could reflect capacity constraints in its listed property business an...

Editorial

Financial planners are afraid of the investment properties owned by their clients, claims Ark Group chief executive Maurice Goldberg....

Financial planning

Listed property trusts were the darling of the Australian market in 2004, returning 32 per cent. No one believes there will be a repeat performance in 2005, but more than...

Financial planning

You have to be of a certain age to remember it, but at one stage back in the 1980s there was five times as much money in unlisted property funds and syndicates as there w...

Financial planning

The chief executive of HSBC Asset Management (Australia), Barry Sheehan, has not denied speculation that the business has been sold to Challenger Financial Services....

Financial planning

Australian Unity Investments has continued to expand its specialisation in property funds management with the launch of a new high-yield mortgage trust....

Financial planning

Far fewer Australians are seeking financial advice, yet paradoxically they think the standard of that advice has dramatically improved, according to a survey of 25,000 co...

Financial planning

Hundreds of financial planning practices could incur huge fines or lose the right to operate their businesses if they fail to produce overdue 2004 annual accounts and aud...

Financial planning

APN Funds Management has secured platform specialist John Hyslop as its new national sales and distribution manager....

Financial planning

The Australian equities market continues to defy expectations of a slowdown from last year’s growth highs, rising 2.2 per cent in February....

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