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Fidelity Worldwide Investment cuts minimum investment amounts

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment (Fidelity) has reduced the minimum initial investment amount required for all its funds in Australia from $500,000 to $25,000. Before this, Fidelity's product range had been available for a minimum initial investment amount ...

Numbers don't add up at McDonald's financial planning

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... planning unit for its workforce has prompted harsh criticism for its assumption that its low-paid workers can't live on the minimum wage income that they are paid. A sample budget on McDonald's "Practical Money Skills for Life" website assumes that a ...

FPA sets out opposition to self-education cap

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... areas, they will have no incentive and potentially they could stop doing any additional training and just stay with the minimum," FPA general manager of Policy and Conduct Dante De Gori said. The proposal clashes with the training requirements that have ...

FIIG to manage $30m bond issue for listed childcare company

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... listed childcare provider G8 Education's latest wholesale bond issue. The ASX200 child services specialist aims to raise a minimum of $30 million from the bond issue. The bond issue follows similar moves led by FIIG to raise $50 million in capital for ...

Westpac launches annuity lookalike

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... financial advisers seeking options to help clients achieve retirement goals. The Westpac Annuity Deposit will require a minimum deposit of $50,000 and will provide an income stream for up to 15 years. The income will be drawn from the interest yield ...

LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... of risks if human rights issues are not addressed, including a volatile supply chain, legal issues over failing to meet minimum standards, and above all damage to reputation. "Nike is a great example of this," Hartnett said. Since the 1990s, he said ...

Investors warned off making extra super contributions

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
Anyone under 50 should invest the absolute minimum amount into their superannuation fund, according to well-known stock-picker Roger Montgomery. The fund manager's advice flies in the face of consensus thinking which says investors should take advantage ...

Macquarie Dividend Run-Up fund launched

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... stocks on their own, while offering a lower volatility alternative to an equivalent direct share market investment." The minimum investment for the fund is $20,000.

Former Hyperion boss Dr Manny Pohl launches mid cap fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... said. EC Pohl & Co Mid Market Opportunities Fund launched on 3 July 2013 and is available to wholesale investors with a minimum of $20,000 to invest. EC Pohl & Co has reserved capacity for the fund out of its total firm capacity; which is capped at $1.5 ...

New fund launched for wealthy migrants

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... residency for themselves and their families in Australia by investing $5 million or more in complying investments for a minimum of four years. The 888 Fund has been developed by Perth businessman John Garland, who launched the fund this week during a ...