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Financial planning

Global institutional investors expect to recommit to alternative investments over the next two to three years....

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Editorial

With the financial crisis effectively over, Benjamin Levy examines the state of the direct property market and looks at the role it should play for investors in the futur...

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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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Funds management

The Australian merger of BNP Paribas Investment Partners and Fortis Investments has created the 14th largest fund manager in the local market with assets under management...

Funds management

Wealthy and Wise Lifestyle Planning will be opening a chain of retail shopfronts that will serve as one-stop-shops for both financial advice and real estate services....

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People & Products

GESB has appointed Kate Budiselik and Edwin Schultz as investment strategists....

Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service has upheld four complaints against advisers for directing clients to establish SMSFs and then invest in high-risk real estate managed inve...

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Financial planning

The outlook for Australia is good as it is set to take advantage of China's surprising growth, according to Blackstone Advisory Partners vice chairperson Byron Wien....

Funds management

Experience and consistency are the two key factors that have enabled AMP Capital to top the list of global property securities at a time when it looked like many stocks i...

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Financial planning

Challenger acquisition see launch of new boutique investment management business....

Funds management

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has signed an agreement with The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co formalising plans to jointly set up a new investment fund for Japanese ...

Financial planning

Investing in distressed real estate opportunities in Australia may be less feasible than in overseas markets, according to a private investments expert....

Financial planning

The latest Manpower data reveals that hiring intentions are improving in the financial services sector, but it remains a balancing act for some....

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Financial planning

Advanced economies attempting to recover from the financial crisis could learn a lot from the way emerging economies navigated past financial crises, according to PIMCO c...

Funds management

ING Clarion is optimistic about the state of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in 2010, predicting solid growth and a total return from global REITs of between 5 per ...

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