PROPERTY

Funds management

A Melbourne property promoter has been disqualified from managing corporations for five years following his involvement in 26 failed companies....

Editorial

Gold has been in a bull market for the best part of a decade but, as Dominic McCormick writes, it still provides an excellent base for those looking for a solid investmen...

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Funds management

Lonsec has released its 2010 Australian Property Sector Review, with the Vanguard Property Securities Index Fund the only fund of 19 reviewed to achieve the highest ratin...

Funds management

Unlisted property moves back into positive territory bringing better news to industry funds with heavier exposures....

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Funds management

Funds manager Stanfield mops up property funds and looks to expand....

Financial planning

New Towers Watson research has revealed Macquarie Group as the dominant player in terms of alternatives management for pension funds....

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Financial planning

Just days after the failure of its acquisition of Orchard Funds Management, Cromwell has moved to acquire the Qantas Sydney headquarters and to raise capital....

Financial planning

Cromwell Group's financiers have failed to see the value in acquiring Orchard Funds Management....

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Financial planning

Standard & Poor's Fund Services (S&P) has placed Challenger's three property funds and two Australian share funds 'on hold' following several major announcements by the c...

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Life/Risk

QBE has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire Secura NV, a Belgian-based specialist reinsurer, for a purchase price of 267 million euro....

Editorial

Trinity Limited is forecasting a loss of between $50 million to $59 million as it seeks to get its financing position in order....

Financial planning

ASIC has released updated requirements for unlisted debentures and unsecured notes to improve disclosure to retail investors....

Financial planning

The merger between Professional Investment Holdings, parent company of PIS, and listed company Centrepoint Alliance has been confirmed....

Financial planning

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Brisbane-based auditor and suspended him for 18 months amid concerns he acted in breach of various auditing standards....

Financial planning

Investors should be prepared for increasingly volatile investment conditions - but that means rewards may be found in relatively vanilla investments, argues Dr Pippa Malm...

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