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The hedge that saves

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Global insurers that invested heavily in so-called 'investment guarantee' products escaped the brunt of the liquidity crisis, giving actuarial firm Milliman the idea to explore how the same strategy could work for mums-and-dads investors in Australia. ...

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... According to Jacquelyn Humphrey, a PhD student at the University of Queensland Business School and author of the report, mum-and-dad investors tend to focus on relative fund performance and "raw" returns while institutions focus on more sophisticated ...

Govt outlines credit reg reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
In a major step towards reforming regulation of credit products, the government has released a green paper outlining how the States could transfer powers over mortgages, mortgage brokers, margin lending, non-bank lending and trustee companies to the ...

Defence Housing open for instos

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... and opening doors for institutional investors looking to invest in its $7 billion property portfolio. Conventional "mum and dad" retail investors have traditionally made up the majority of DHA investors, although the government agency is now re-evaluating ...

AMP Capital Core Infrastructure hits $100m

... allocate a substantial portion of their portfolios to infrastructure assets. But with fund managers like AMP Capital, mum-and-dad investors are getting access to the types of infrastructure assets that were previously only available to institutional ...

Saving for the kids' textbooks

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... investment bonds' 10-year tax rule and "125 per cent" opportunity have increasingly become key selling points among mum and dad investors. Investment bonds are tagged with a minimum 10-year term that can be extended to a maximum of 40 years with withdrawals ...

Meet the mini-institutions

For all the talk about the investment industry ignoring Gen Xers and Gen Yers in favour of baby boomers, one industry expert has said the segment, which he refers to as "the mini-institutional investors", are not well served. Julian Smith, a director ...

Another DIY take on home ownership

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
With housing affordability continuing to deteriorate, one of the country's largest banks has come up with a way to get mums-and-dads access to residential property investments without the stamp duty costs nor the tenancy headaches. Westpac Residential ...

ADPIA lobbies for fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
A property association representing $20 billion of investor assets has joined the industrywide call for better investor education after thousands of mum-and-dads lost $1 billion on high yield but high risk investment products. Speaking at a conference ...

Industry cheers red tape cuts

... these documents online or on request. "Not only are businesses the winners as a result of the legislation but so are mum and dad investors as the changes to financial services regulation will see a reduction in the costs of disclosure that will translate ...