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Planners turning to annuities and outcome funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Financial planners are increasingly turning away from cash and term deposits for their retirement clients while annuities and outcome-orientated funds are becoming more popular destinations for new client money instead, according to the latest retirement ...

Further fintech reform on cards

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... will cover feeds that have until now been difficult to obtain, such as individual bank, mortgage, credit card, loan, term deposit, industry superannuation fund, self-managed superannuation and direct share accounts. Launching the fintech statement at ...

Managed fund allocations jump

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
Self-managed super fund allocations to managed funds have jumped to record levels while fewer investors are holding shares directly, according to data OneVue has pulled from its SMSF platform. OneVue's survey for the December 2015 quarter found that ...

FIIG appoints new WA director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... Securities opened its Perth office in 2012 to give its West Australian clients access to the same face-to-face bond and term deposit investment services enjoyed by their eastern state counterparts. FIIG has more than $11 billion in term deposits and ...

Advisers halt HNW slide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
There are signs that advisers have recovered from last year's slide in the number of high net worth investors (HNWs) using their services. According to a recent Investment Trends survey of around 3000 HNWs with a combined $11.5 billion in investible ...

SMSFs sell-down ASX favourites for global stocks

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
SMSF trustees are reducing their exposure to the largest Australian companies and increasing investments in international equities through managed funds, according to the latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey. In the December 2015 quarter ...

LGS adds 15 ETFs to member-direct option

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
Local Government Super has expanded its member-direct investment facility with 15 new exchange-traded funds. This brings the number of available ETFs to 28. Currently LGS uses ETFs from BetaShares, ETFS Metal Securities Australia, iShares, Market Vectors ...

Investors can expect "reasonable" year despite gloom

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
The economy will grow at 2.75%, shares will return high single digits and bonds look better than term deposits. That's the combined opinions of renowned Australian economist Don Stammer and Altius Asset Management chief investment officer Bill Bovingdon ...

Builder launches $40 million bond issue

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
The latest company in a series of property groups to issue bonds has announced its launch in to the market this week. Home builder Impact Group announced a $40 million issue of five-year fixed rate notes, arranged by FIIG Securities. The issue follows ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... a lot of handholding." For example, he recommended a client to allocate about half of their money into a one year term deposit. At the same time, he showed them what other exposures would have done to their portfolio over that same period of time. When ...