Articles and Resources
January 2012 Groudhog Day… Again, ifa Magazine, issue 538 by Fiona Harris
Some of the 255,000 baby boomers who will reach retirement age in 2012 will not cease working this year due to time away from work raising children or other more immediate financial matters taking priority, such as paying the mortgage.
As a result, many of these baby boomers will find themselves coming up short or perhaps desperately trying to play catch up to get their retirement savings to where they would like them to be. Enter financial advice.
Centuria Captial CEO John McBain provided some comments to Fiona Harris.
January 2012 What’s in store for the sharemarket?
Should you say goodbye to the volatility, or stick through it? Your Money Magazine speaks with John McBain, CEO of Centuria Capital, to get his thoughts on where the sharemarket is heading. Click here to read the article.
October 2011 The Centuria Solution: Achieving superior returns in a volatile new world
Centuria Capital CEO John McBain has authored a paper on the need for investment managers to rethink the conventions of asset allocation in the light of markets that are likely to remain highly volatile at least out to the medium term and very possibly beyond it. This paper forms part of the presentation made to the 2nd Annual Australian Microcap Investment Conference held in Melbourne on Wednesday 19 October.
September 2011 The listed property shows new blossom
Everything old is new. It seems that the listed property sector is returning to its previous model and slowly becoming a defensive asset again. This has resulted in more positive adviser and investor attitude towards listed property, which is not to say that all bad apples have been weeded out of the sector. Benjamin Levy interviews Centuria Property Funds CEO Jason Huljich and reports in the September 22 edition of Money Management. Click on the article to view.
August 2011 Unlisted Property: Understanding diversification. What advisers should be telling their clients
Unlisted property is making a comeback and is looking particularly attractive given lacklustre equity returns and the opportunities in the broader economy and certain pockets in the property market. Read the white paper written by John McBain and Jason Huljich published in the August edition of FS Advice – The Australian Journal of Financial Planning. Click on the white paper to view.
August 2011 Property opens right doors at right time
While the direct property sector may not be as large as that of the A-REITs, there are good reasons for advisers to survey this part of the investment landscape once again. Read the article written by Jason Spits, featuring comments from Jason Huljich published in the August edition of Financial Planning magazine. Click on the article to view.
July 2011 The five hallmarks of a sound commercial property investment
Jason Huljich, Centuria Property Funds CEO outlines what to look for in a property to maximise the chance of sound long-term performance. This article was published in this month’s Professional Planner magazine. Click on the article to view.