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Defence Bank unveils pension product

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... executive Jon Linehan said. "Our aim is to provide a total package with members having five investment options, from term deposits to a growth option, as well as having access to life, total and permanent disability and income protection insurance. " ...

Cbus to launch 'self-managed' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... self-managed fund experience but stay within the fund," he said. The option will give members access to direct shares, term deposits and exchange traded funds, as well as infrastructure and property funds. "It directly accesses our unlisted managers ...

SMSFs still under-invested in global shares

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... of Australian companies to achieve," Tuck said. SMSF holdings are dominated by Australian listed shares, cash and term deposits, direct investment properties and Australian managed investment trusts. While the fully franked dividends on offer in local ...

High net worth assets grow to $1.4 trillion

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Regarding the investment habits of HNW investors, 2013 saw a shift away from cash and term deposits towards listed shares, with 32% of assets in direct shares compared with 26% in 2012. "We find HNW investors to be leading ...

High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... operation next January. As part of this, banks will likely start offering interest rates for tier-one capital and longer-term deposits that are relatively much better than for short term deposits."

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... surprise jump in the headline inflation rate from 2.2% to 2.7% in December means that investors holding cash in term deposits are seeing virtually no real increase in their wealth. Aside from the knock-on impact on consumer confidence, a risk-free rate ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. In this edition's feature article, we look at the world of cash and term deposits, asking why so many of investors, particularly those with self-managed super funds, are staying true to this asset class ...

NGS Super launches direct investment platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... platform. The new platform, launched today, allows members to trade ASX300 shares, a choice of exchange traded funds and term deposits from their super or pension accounts. It is the result of a collaboration with Mercer, which created a white-label ...

Banks need top line growth after SMSF-led run

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... According to Walker, this run was a result of their attractive dividend yield compared with the income yield of term deposits and other fixed income products. The big drivers in this run on the banks, Walker said, were SMSFs. "Three and a half, 4%, 4.5% ...

SMSFs stick with cash and TDs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
The self-managed super fund (SMSF) industry's love affair with cash and term deposits shows little signs of abating, despite the lowering interest rates and resulting increase in inflation risk. According to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) September ...