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AMP to launch zero tax equities income fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... it particularly well-placed to extract income from equities rather than bonds. Declining cash and term deposit interest rates will also increase interest in alternative income-producing investments. AMP's new fund aims to provide dividend income at least ...

New AllianceBernstein fund offers solution for Fed tapering

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... of the US Federal Reserve's US$85 billion a month quantitative easing policy looming on the horizon, and global interest rates set to rise, the global fund manager argues that it's now time to ditch bond funds wedded to flawed benchmarks in favour of ...

Telstra Super lures members with SMSF lookalike

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... term deposits over the next 12 months (from April) had fallen from 34% to 21%. This drop coincides with a drop on interest rates on term deposits, a flow-on from the cash rate cuts. ME Bank is currently offering interest rates on term deposits of 4% ...

Appetite for overseas assets continues to grow

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... Mowll added that with many investors will holding around a third of their investible portfolios in cash, falling interest rates had caused some to come off the sidelines. According to Mowll the increased appetite reflects investors' view that global ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... But the US unemployment rate ticked down to 7.3 per cent, closer to the Fed's target of 7.0 per cent for raising interest rates, and European stocks soon fell back into the red. At close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index showed a gain of 0.23 per cent ...

Bentham appoints Goldman Sachs client portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is to exit the historically low interest rate environment, maintain the increase in interest rates achieved in the June quarter and not disrupt the housing market recovery with higher mortgage rates," Quin said. The Syndicated ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... economic growth in the third quarter.A That is unless Abbott or Rudd produced a miraculous confidence boost. Else, low interest rates and further cuts would work on the economy just as they did over the past 18 months - support "interest-sensitive spending ...

Sagging commodities see drop in foreign investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... said this figure reflected the "slowing foreign appetite for Australian assets as the commodity boom slowed and interest rates were cut to historic lows." The 0.1% figure compares with a growth in Australian investors' assets under custody of 6.7%. While ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... problem is that financial markets misconstrued - and continues to misconstrue - fed tapering plans with fed lifting interest rates. Seen all those comparisons with 1994? You'll be wetting your pants too if you recall what the Fed did to interest rates ...

Deutsche Bank dismisses mining fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... companies are still going down so we should put them to one side, but domestic cyclicals have stabilised. With interest rates down and the currency down, prospects are a little bit better." The strategist also dismissed recent concerns about a Chinese ...

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Blackwattle takes over Quest Asset Partners

KARREN VERGARA
Blackwattle Investment Partners has swallowed up Australian equities manager Quest Asset Partners for an undisclosed sum.

Funds SA poaches Vision Super risk specialist

MATTHEW WAI
Funds SA will welcome a Vision Super executive to replace executive director, governance and strategy Tony Burrill, as he prepares for retirement following a seven-year tenure at the company.

Regal flags muted second-half performance fees

VINNY VUCAGO
Regal Partners expects to recognise at least $122.7 million in fund performance fee revenue for calendar 2026, with market volatility and weaker investment performance limiting the prospect of further material fees in the second half.

Insignia chief draws 'hard line' on NCAs giving retirement advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said he draws a hard line when it come to the new class of advisers (NCAs) giving retirement advice.

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