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Perpetual Global Share Fund strengthens defence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Perpetual has upped the cash weighting in its Global Share Fund and decreased its exposure to cyclical stocks on concerns the end of the economic cycle is approaching. The fund has increased its cash allocation to 18%, up from a five-and-a-half year ...

CBA uses virtual reality to revitalise financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a new virtual reality education program aimed at increasing the financial literacy of young Australians. With a recent survey from Zurich revealing Australians to be overconfident when it comes to money ...

Cities over countries for TH Real Estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Understanding local, long-term structural trends is key to preserving investment value and unlocking performance growth in cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, according to TH Real Estate. The firm's head of global research Alice Breheny ...

Popularity of annuity bonds set to soar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... growth over the next 12 months as the reality of low interest rates and high volatility drives more investors to the asset class. FIIG Securities national manager of adviser services, Simon Michell, believes local demand for indexed annuity bonds will ...

Yale returns 3.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... 60% in absolute return funds, venture capital, leveraged buy-outs and natural resources. YEF's strongest performing asset class over the decade has been venture capital that returned 16% pa followed by international equities with 14% pa and property ...

Investment bonds key to secure retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... funds in that earnings are internally taxed within the fund - in this case 30% - and also that they offer the same asset class diversification as managed funds, but with the added benefit of a tax advantaged structure that managed funds can't match. ...

La Trobe Financial launches retail platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
Investment specialist La Trobe Financial is targeting retail investors with the launch of its new online platform, La Trobe Direct. The new platform provides investors with the opportunity to invest online and directly in to the La Trobe Australian ...

Client needs to drive transitioning businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... the needs of their clients in order to identify the best means of achieving business sustainability in light of recent MDA class order revisions, according to Mason Stevens. The managed accounts provider welcomed the reforms made by ASIC last month ...

Franklin Templeton fund receives ratings upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... by London based portfolio managers, John Beck and David Zahn. In its report Lonsec said: "The Fund is considered best in class, with a highly quality research process coupled with a strong focus on managing appropriate levels of risk within the portfolio ...

CFS to integrate with IRESS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... with adviser and investor feedback consistently telling us they are very satisfied, we went out and sourced the best in class capability around managed account technology." He said managed accounts offer some of the benefits of direct ownership of securities ...