REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT

Funds management

The directors of the responsible entity for the Charter Hall Retail REIT have made moves towards an on-market buyback of its units, stating the transaction is in recognit...

People & Products

A management buy-out bid for Valad’s European operations sees the company get an acting CEO....

Funds management

Australia and the Asia Pacific region are leading the global real estate investment recovery, according to a report released by the auditing and consultancy firm Deloitte...

Financial planning

Property Investment Databank (IPD) is to launch a set of new property indices, one of which will provide information about how different investment structures behave over...

Editorial

A lot has happened in major asset classes over the last few years. With the benefit of hindsight, Dr Ron Bewley looks at how the major asset classes performed over the la...

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Financial planning

The listed and direct property sectors continue to face challenges, but it is not a case of either or, writes Caroline Munro....

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Superannuation

Industry superannuation funds have reassumed their dominance as shaky share markets undermine retail master trust returns....

Editorial

When it comes to investing, there are certain strategies best avoided, says Dominic McCormick. Here he outlines the twelve that should be avoided by investors....

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Funds management

Charter Hall is looking forward to a better outlook for property investing, considering itself well placed for improving investor sentiment....

Financial planning

New research reveals a dramatic shift away from managed funds towards direct equities and other listed investments, as the effect of increased investor fee aversion and d...

Financial planning

MLC’s announcement that it will terminate an AREIT managed by Challenger and increase its maximum GREIT holding will not result in a change of rating from Standard ...

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...

Editorial

Many of the MySuper proposals are flawed, according to Robert Keavney, including the reduction of disclosure to members and the introduction of the concept of 'optimal' i...

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Funds management

Australian fund managers are broadly negative about the impacts of an RSPT but believe it has already been priced into most mining company shares....

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Financial planning

Macquarie Funds Group has taken a majority stake in real estate funds manager Rismark, with a Macquarie executive being appointed as chairman....

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