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Financial planning

The marriage between AXA Australia and Alliance Capital will be consummated today (Friday) with the launch of the first wave of new products under the joint venture....

Financial planning

Listed Property Trusts (LPTs) were back in favour in 2000, recording a 17.2 per cent return compared to the All Ords 7.4 per cent for the year....

Financial planning

Proposed changes to the Victorian retail tenancies act could have a negative impact on the sector if the review is not amended before this is enacted, warns Property Coun...

Editorial

Residential property developments have been through one of the biggest slumps in recent times, due almost entirely to the introduction of GST....

Editorial

Residential property developments have been through one of the biggest slumps in recent times, due almost entirely to the introduction of GST....

Financial planning

The Australian Scholarships Group Friendly Society (ASG) has launched two new education funds, enabling investment in fixed interest securities for the first time....

Superannuation

Superannuation is now the second most popular investment choice amongst Australians, falling just behind housing. ...

Funds management

Direct property investments are well-placed to withstand any downturn in the economy during 2001, a leading property researcher told the Property Council conference last ...

Financial planning

For some years, many professional investors and corporate superannuation funds have included an infrastructure component in their investment mix. Tim Farrelly explains wh...

Funds management

There’s been a major shake-up of inflow rankings that’s seen fund managers in New Zealand getting all the money from investors and advisers, according to research house I...

Superannuation

While the announcement of rate cuts yesterday by the Reserve Bank of Australia was good news for home-owners, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) believes it is bad ...

Financial planning

SMF Funds Management has won a $14 million mandate from one of the largest Victorian-based health superannuation funds....

Funds management

Listed property trusts (LPTs) performed strongly amongst asset classes at the end of last year, only to lose ground in mid January as concerns about a hard landing of the...

Financial planning

Consolidator Harts Australia has suffered a 30 per cent drop in their share price, after the company announced it lost $9.4 million last year....

Financial planning

AM Corporation is one of the last surviving independently owned financial services groups in Australia. Stuart Engel examines the impact of one of the biggest revamps in ...

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