PROPERTY

Funds management

The listed property team at Principal Global Investors (PGI) will leave the group in a month after its three members, Stuart Stuckey, Mark Thorpe-Apps and Ern Koh, resign...

Financial planning

Australian Unity Funds Management has been awarded an overall rating of ‘competent’ by research house Assirt in the areas of business management and operating capability....

People & Products

AMP Henderson Global Investors senior Australian economist Simon Doyle will end his 15 year association with the group after the announcement he will join Schroder Invest...

Funds management

Perpetual James Fielding has launched its first fund - a wholesale property securities fund - following the creation of the joint-venture by Perpetual Trustees and the Ja...

Financial planning

Growth-options within superannuation funds - those with a 70/30 split between growth and conservative investments - are experiencing one of their most volatile periods of...

Financial planning

Morningstar has downgraded BT/Sagitta’s listed property outlook in response to the recent team changes, while upgrading BT’s international equities outlook....

Funds management

BT/Sagitta property analyst Damien Barrack has left the group less than two weeks after the departure of listed property director Carlos Cocaro....

Financial planning

Perennial Investment Partners has been given a poor rating by research house Morningstar due mainly to the fund manager’s continued “sub-par returns” over the medium to l...

Financial planning

Listed financial services group Hartleys Limited will close its wealth management division, sell its margin lending book and transfer selected Hartley advisers and client...

Financial planning

Ratings-house Assirt has awarded Barclays Global Investors’ (BGI) new Hedged International Share Fund a four star rating after the fund’s launch this week....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a South Australian man from acting as an investment adviser or as a representative of a securities ...

People & Products

Global investment firm, The Russell Investment Group, has added an additional investment manager to both the Russell Australian Property Securities Fund and the hedged Ru...

Funds management

Australian Unity will suspend inflows into its Healthcare Property Trust for up to six months as the fund has fallen victim to its own success according to the fund mana...

Financial planning

Equity markets still have some way to go before they reach long term positive territory. Jason Spits looks at the hurdles that lie ahead....

Editorial

Be sensitive to your clients’ concerns and address them with information that reflects their original investment objectives....

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