Back to Basics for the Unlisted Property Fund Sector

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The Property Funds Association of Australia (PFA) said yesterday that the unlisted property fund sector is responding to investor focus on simpler vehicle structures and the sector is looking more... Read more continue reading

AFA: The advice relationship – a matter of trust

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Australia’s leading advisers are trusted advisers. This is the central finding in The Trusted Adviser, a white paper released today by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) with the support... Read more continue reading

ASIC national online business names register – one year on

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The national business names register in Australia became a reality one year ago today. Eight separate state and territory business name registers have made way for a single online register... Read more continue reading

Smallest Budget Deficit in almost four years

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In the year to April, the budget deficit stood at $32,332 million (around 2.0 per cent of GDP), the smallest deficit in 44 months. What do the figures show? The... Read more continue reading

New appointments at Tyndall AM

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Tyndall AM has made two appointments to further enhance the quality and breadth of its compliance, operations and services it provides to clients and investors. Suzanne Bentley has been appointed... Read more continue reading

Merger of AUI property fund approved by investors

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Investors in Australian Unity Investments’ (AUI) Second Industrial Trust (SIT) have voted in favour to merge with AUI’s Office Property Fund (OPF) at a meeting of investors in Melbourne on... Read more continue reading

SPAA: 500,000 ‘mum and dad’ funds can’t be wrong

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The ongoing strength of the self managed super fund (SMSF) sector was reconfirmed by the release of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s (APRA) quarterly superannuation statistics for 31 March 2013.... Read more continue reading

Weekly market and economic update

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The past week saw sharp falls in share markets from mid week triggered by a combination of worries that the US Federal Reserve will prematurely slow down its quantitative easing... Read more continue reading

Active term deposit strategies required in low interest rate environment

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Curve Securities has said the recent historic rate cut demonstrates the need for advisers to access higher term deposit rates than are simply available through most bank, building society and... Read more continue reading

Built for Boomers: Bendigo Wealth’s Income Fund

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People with a mortgage may be breathing a little easier as they see interest rates hit historic lows, but not everybody has a mortgage.  Those relying on income from investments... Read more continue reading