PROPERTY

Financial planning

Macquarie Private Wealth recommends a focus on certainty of earnings when investing in shares in 2012, with an eye on the risk/return trade off....

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Financial planning

SMSF trustees have lost faith in investment markets and are increasingly turning to property and cash-related products such as term deposits, but the best long-term rewar...

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Financial planning

Australian managed funds on average failed to outperform their respective indices in the December quarter in every major category except small companies funds, according ...

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Financial planning

SMSF trustees have lost faith in investment markets and are increasingly turning to property and cash-related products such as term deposits, but the best long-term rewar...

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Financial planning

Australian managed funds on average failed to outperform their respective indices in the December quarter in every major category except small companies funds, according ...

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Financial planning

The mortgage market is set for a strong start this year as first home buyers take their biggest step towards lending since February 2010, according to new data from RateC...

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Financial planning

The mortgage market is set for a strong start this year as first home buyers take their biggest step towards lending since February 2010, according to new data from RateC...

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Funds management

While the allocation to cash has become more popular among self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees, so too has the interest in property signalled a growing trend...

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Superannuation

Before diving headlong into improving a property that is held under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement, caution must be exercised, Fabian Bussoletti claims....

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Funds management

Australian unlisted wholesale core property returned 9.3 per cent in 2011, down slightly from 9.5 per cent in 2010, according to the Mercer/IPD Australian Pooled Property...

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Editorial

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are worth persevering with as an asset class, even if allocations within a portfolio are low for the time being, according to Tim Fa...

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Financial planning

Concern for the global investment market has deepened over the past year, as European sovereign debt and slow growth in China continues to drive market volatility, accord...

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Funds management

The office and industrial property sectors are looking more attractive than retail assets at present, according to AMP Capital chief investment officer, property, Andrew ...

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Superannuation

Peter Burgess illustrates the concept of a single acquirable asset demonstrates the application of key concepts relevant to limited recourse borrowing arrangements provis...

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Financial planning

A Gold Coast director has been sentenced to more than seven years in jail for defrauding investors of $2 million, according to the announcement released by the Australian...

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