property

Funds management

Property pushes its case: high yield, low volatility

Listed property assets push case for place in portfolios, with good yield and capital returns....

Superannuation

SMSF property spruikers need regulation: ASFA

The requirement to hold an AFSL when providing advice should extend to SMSF property spruikers, says ASFA....

Financial planning

APRA warning on housing credit growth

APRA warns lenders against letting the current low interest rate environment drive up unsustainable housing credit....

Funds management

A former property development company director has been jailed

Clestus Weerappah has been sentenced to four years jail over his role in the collapse of property development group Dollarforce Financial Services (DFS) in 2009....

Financial planning

Wickham Securities chairman cops ban

Bradley Thomas Sherwin, the bankrupt chairman of Wickham Securities, has been banned from the financial services industry for more than two and a half years....

Superannuation

SMSFs have plenty of reasons to like property

As Australian investors' love affair with yield continues, SMSF property investment continues to rise. Indeed, for Richard Stacker, head of direct property for Charter Ha...

Financial planning

Legg Mason funds 'recommended'

Ratings house Zenith Investment Partners has awarded three Legg Mason Australia funds 'Recommended' ratings. ...

Editorial

The conundrum of lower returns and greater risk

The conundrum of low returns sets up a desire to take on greater risks. Taking responsibility and lowering risk during times of poor expected returns makes sense, accordi...

Superannuation

Growth funds return to positive form in superannuation

Median growth fund returns 19.3 per cent for one year and 6.8 per cent over 10 years....

Editorial

Is now the time to consider real assets for income?

With interest rates falling, is now the time to consider real assets for income? Craig Keary writes. ...

Editorial

Is it time investors reconsidered property?

Patrick Noble suggests investors should stop overlooking property and reap the rewards from the renaissance. ...

Funds management

Listed property performance unlikely to continue

High-level investment team turnover in the listed property funds management sector is likely to affect return performance over the next 12 months, according to Zenith Inv...

Editorial

Is the next recession we had to have looming?

Have the long golden years of uninterrupted economic growth, continued credit expansion and expanding government spending lulled us into thinking we are immune from reces...