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

Capex – QIII 2013

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Mining capex looks set to plateau at close to 8% of GDP in 2013/14.  The real drag on GDP growth from falling mining capex looks to be some time away.... 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

Look to diversify in to alpha says Pengana

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Investors should look to alpha-focused strategies because they do not depend on market direction and they are uncorrelated or lowly correlated to market indices, a leading fund manager advises. Pengana... Read more continue reading

Aged care reforms require careful planning

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The Aged Care reforms due to come into effect on 1 July 2014 will require a new approach to aged care provider payments, and advisers can play a key role... Read more continue reading

Acquisition pushes HPT FUM over $500 million

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The Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust (HPT) will shoot through the $500 million in funds under management mark, with the acquisition of a medical technology facility at 8 Herbert Street,... Read more continue reading

Video: Is the worst over for European markets?

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The crisis in the eurozone has eased since the European Central Bank announced that it would buy the bonds of struggling governments. Richard Lewis, Head of Global Equities, Fidelity Worldwide... Read more continue reading

Investors should ignore the index, or risk missing out on ‘shooting stars’

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Small cap stocks are anything but ‘average’ so investors need to look beyond the the ASX Small Ordinaries Index and actively manage their small cap portfolios, or risk missing out... Read more continue reading

AIA Australia expands Priority Protection insurance on adviser platforms

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AIA Australia’s expansion of its Priority Protection insurance range on investment platforms continues with the addition of three new adviser platforms confirmed yesterday. The new platforms include PortfolioCare, WealthView and PowerWrap.... Read more continue reading