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FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
Australia's retirees and those approaching retirement must fight harder than ever to protect their wealth. As rates fall and global growth slows, some are turning to riskier investments to preserve and guarantee their income in this unpredictable environment. ...

SMSFs need more investment diversity: FinaMetrica

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
Risk profiler FinaMetrica believes continued investment in Australian shares and cash could spell disaster for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) when the local market corrects. The call came on top of managed funds data recently released by ...

XTB launch opens corporate bonds to retail

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
The Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) has launched 17 exchange traded bond units (XTBs) that will provide investors with exposure to returns from individual corporate bonds issued by the top 50 ASX listed companies. The investment opportunity ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... acquired by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) in 1984. On his first week, he was given a big box full of term deposit cards and was asked to order them by date of expiry. "It was a really big box and a boring task. But I didn't care because ...

CML launches $25m corporate bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
Finance and employment services company CML group has launched a $25 million unrated bond issue targeting private investors, self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and advisers. The corporate bond issue is arranged by FIIG Securities and has a minimum initial ...

Retirees 'much worse' off: RBA

JASON CADDEN FOR AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
Life is not going to get easier for self-funded retirees as record low interest rates force them to take on riskier investments, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens says. Central banks around the world have lowered their interest rates to stimulate ...

Media Super doubles investment menu

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Boutique public offer fund Media Super has defied industry trends by more than doubling the size of its investment menu. Following a strategic redesign, Media Super has increased the number of pooled investment choices from 10 to 23, not including the ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... with interest rates at record lows and 10-year government bond yields at 2.6%, holding traditional cash in either term deposit or money market funds results in what is known as 'cash drag', forcing the investment team into riskier assets such as diversified ...

Global dividend growers suit retirement income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
Adding a global equity income investment strategy to retirees' existing income strategies would add diversification and help address concentration risk in many portfolios, according to global active fund manager Capital Group. The investment giant ...

BT adds managed funds to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
BT Financial Group will add managed funds to its Panorama investment platform, which in the future will also offer individual equities and advanced portfolio management for advisers. BT Managed Portfolios will offer advisers and their clients a simple ...