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FIIG offers Apple bonds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... Service, giving private investors, SMSFs and clients of financial planners their first chance to access the bonds. Like the 300-plus other bonds on the DirectBonds list, the Apple bonds will now be available in minimum parcels of just $10,000, rather ...

Charter Hall industrial funds swell

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... million in acquisitions over the past three months have been acquired by Charter Hall's unlisted managed funds, the Core Plus Industrial Fund (CPIF), Core Logistics Partnership (CLP) and Direct Industrial Fund No.3 (DIF3). Settlement of the acquisitions ...

Investing is like a game of tennis

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
The days of CPI plus 5% investment returns for superannuation funds are gone for the foreseeable future according to a United Kingdom based researcher. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) conference yesterday, CREATE-Research ...

Super funds act to reassure members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... individual's focus should be on decades not days, and ensuring super plans reflect desired outcomes. "For most people super is a 40-plus year investment and as an industry super fund we aim to provide a consistent, strong-performing fund over the longer ...

Put your tax return in to super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... Australians might want to rethink how they best spend tax returns by considering an additional contribution to their super. Club Plus Super said if a 30-year-old put away half of the average tax refund into their super this year, it could be worth more ...

Global bond fund gets first Aussie investor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... manager's absolute return bond fund. Standard Life Investments' Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies Trust aims to return cash plus 3% per annum over rolling three-year periods, with as little volatility as possible. The strategy was established in ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... Manufacturing Index. And girl, was it a surprisingly big thud. The index plunged to a reading of minus 14.92 in August from plus 3.86 in the previous month (expectations were for a gain to 4.75). How spectacular the fall? The August drop took the index ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... however, reduced that position recently. The Goldman Sachs Global Strategic Bond Fund has delivered on its aim of returning cash plus 4-5% since its April 2011 inception, outperforming the Bank of Merrill Lynch AUD 3-month Libor benchmark by 434 basis ...

Long term super fund returns approach record levels

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... This super fund returns strength is reinforced by the fact that over 95% of MySuper or Workplace default options posted 10%-plus returns for the 3 years ending June 2015 while the 2014-15 financial year is the sixth consecutive positive return since ...

OneVue appoints two executives

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... report to chief technology officer James Thorpe. Stampfli said, "OneVue has a high awareness of quality issues in general, plus instruction and supervision appropriate to specific teams. "Its team structures are aligned to each defined discipline, for ...