Standard Life Investments Select Property Fund sells in Australia to reinvest in Japan

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Standard Life Investments Select Property Fund has completed the sale of 82 Eagle Street – a prime asset in Brisbane, Australia – to Japanese property group, Jen Retail Properties Ltd... Read more continue reading

Portfolio efficiency leads new product design

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The nirvana for many financial planners and investors is a seamless system of managing portfolios which takes into account the full spectrum of administration, asset allocation, best interest duty and... Read more continue reading

RBA: Caught between a rock and a hard place

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Standard Life Investments, the global asset manager, believes the Reserve Bank of Australia is likely to keep interest rates on hold well into 2014, with the strength of the housing... Read more continue reading

Predictability and sustainability of earnings growth the key to success in 2014

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Market sentiment has improved over the past year, and with it investors’ appetite for risk, according to equities specialist Hyperion Asset Management. Hyperion’s Chief Investment Officer, Mark Arnold, and Portfolio... Read more continue reading

Investors ‘doing a Rumsfeld’ – they don’t know what they don’t know

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Investors at risk through failure to achieve true diversification, says BlackRock Diversification can provide one of the most effective methods of limiting risk, while maximising returns lies in adjusting portfolios... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital completes deal for the Greater Gabbard clean energy

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AMP Capital, as part of a consortium with Balfour Beatty and Equitix, has been granted a £317 million (A$570 million) transmission licence as part of the Greater Gabbard offshore transmission... Read more continue reading

Is this the end of the bond market?

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Despite predictions that the end of the bond market is nigh, Lonsec’s income sector has expanded considerably over the past few years. This growth has been driven by increased demand... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund to add fourth schools project to its portfolio

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The AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF) is to acquire a 100 per cent interest in the Partnerships Victoria in Schools Project from the Royal Bank of Scotland. This project... Read more continue reading

Western Australia continues to outperform for direct property investment

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Charter Hall says recent results from Investment Property Databank (IPD) – showing that Western Australia continued to provide the strongest returns for direct property over the year to September 2013... Read more continue reading

Australian Ethical’s Smaller Companies Trust participating in a limited number of IPOs

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Australian Ethical’s Smaller Companies Trust has participated in the frenzy of recent IPO activity on the ASX. While AE fund manager, Andy Gracey, sees some quality he is also wary of... Read more continue reading