Lonsec flags risks in stellar A-REITs sector

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Lonsec publishes its 2014 Australian Listed Property Securities (A-REIT) Sector Review Leading research house Lonsec has warned investors to stay alert for structural risks in Australian REITs as the sector

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Are Fees making you Freeze?

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FOFA has certainly created a whirlwind of turbulence and many advisors are facing the reality of implementing the changes that this legislation has prescribed. Charging fees has been one of

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ASIC releases guidance on FOFA fee disclosure

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ASIC has released guidance for Australian financial services (AFS) licensees and their representatives on how to comply with the fee disclosure statement (FDS) requirements under the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA)

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Dropping the ‘F Bomb’

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Settle down now – this is a paper on the other ‘F Bomb’, the one that now is a must for every financial adviser. That four letter word is of

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Investor rights a welcome initiative

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Industry and planners back new benchmarks Centuria Property Funds has received overwhelming support from industry and financial planning groups following the introduction of a series of initiatives to increase the

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Investor rights should come first, says manager

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Calls for new management benchmarks for unlisted property Until some of the poor management behaviour endemic among unlisted property funds is addressed at the individual fund level, the sector will

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The $82,000 question

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 Industry funds research which asserts that consumers would be $82,000 better off in retirement if they did not pay fees to financial advisers is simplistic; fails to take into account

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What do financial planners want from industry reforms?

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It seems the people most effected by the proposed reforms of the financial advice industry have had very little say in what reforms are needed and how they should be

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BetaShares US Dollar ETF debuts as top 10 most traded ETF on ASX

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AUM more than doubled in second week of trading Median trade was A$15,000, indicating pent up demand from retail investors for access to U.S dollar exposure in a simple, transparent

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Century to waive $1.3 million management fees

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Savings to directly reduce debt of Opus 21 Century Funds Management (Century) has announced that it will waive the first year of its management fees if it is successful in

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