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Franklin Templeton launches new global fixed income fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has launched a new global fixed income fund. Sitting at the more defensive end of the risk/return spectrum, the Franklin Templeton Global Aggregate Bond fund invests principally in fixed or floating rate debt ...

Fund flows up after tax changes

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Overseas fund flows into Australia have increased since the government changed tax laws in 2010, a study has shown. The two year study was commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and The Trust Company to find out if there had been an increase ...

Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Self-managed super fund members' allocations to equities has not kept pace with the rise in value shown by the strong recent performance of the Australian share market, the Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey for September shows. The survey covered ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Australian shares had fallen further by noon after opening only slightly weaker, with all sectors trading in the red. At 1225 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 37.5 points, or 0.84 per cent, at 4,410.5 points, while the broader ...

van Eyk launches new asset allocation tool

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Investment research house van Eyk has launched a new tactical asset allocation tool for advisers. The new tool forms part of the release of version 4.0 of iRate, the online portal which gives van Eyk's clients access its fund manager and shares research ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
The Australian market was flat at midday as fears about the US fiscal cliff kept trading volumes low. At 1200 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.524 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,459.5 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Investors need mid-term protection: BT

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
There is a need for investment products that provide flexibility and confidence over a mid-term investment horizon, said Rodney Greenhalgh, head of retirement at BT Financial Group. After spending over two years working with advisers and investors ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
Australian stocks are set for a weak start on Monday as world markets are dominated by concerns about the looming "fiscal cliff" in the United States. US lawmakers have until December 31 to work out a compromise to avoid tax increases and government ...

Successful Telstra bond issue to open flood gates for big banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The success of Telstra's $750 million bond issue could pave the way for further issues from Australia's largest companies, according to Lincoln Indictors' Elio D'Amato. The five-year coupons, the first from the company since 2005, were sold to the market ...

Asia for the long haul

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
While there is a lot of head nodding when it comes to the benefits of investing in Asia, it's a region that remains under represented based on its economic fundamentals, according to Jonathan Schuman, head of global business development at San Francisco-based ...