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Banks raise $15bn in wholesale markets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... Australian bank paper and improved wholesale funding costs - significantly below the rates they're willing to pay for term deposits - total funds raised by major Australian banks in the wholesale markets just nudged $15 billion this year. Thomson Reuters ...

LUCRF's new growth option targets lower volatility

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... low risk infrastructure, absolute return strategies, credit instruments, loans, inflation hedging portfolios and term deposits. "The result is an investment option that provides much higher certainty of returns traded off against the opportunity of windfall ...

Super funds post stellar returns - AREITs on top

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... performance, achieving 33%. "Super fund returns over the past year are now three times what consumers would earn from cash term deposits, after tax - reinforcing how negative news on superannuation is continuing to turn around," commented Rainmaker head ...

HOSTPLUS to become a PST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... funds under management. It's understood a member direct option including ASX300, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and term deposits will be added to the HOSTPLUS investment platform in March/April. While taxation issues prevented it from relaunching as a ...

Cash rate falls good for property

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... between the cash rate and returns offered by well-managed property funds means they will be a better investment than term deposits this year. "Depending on whether the cash rate drops below the current 3%, term deposits are likely to return between 3.2% ...

Aussie equities to rise another 20% in 2013: Fidelity

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... dividend yields and franking credits is still a superior risk return investment to putting your money in that bank's term deposits even in a lower growth environment." While the eurozone crisis is not over, Taylor adds that there has been an easing of ...

Planners praised for guiding investors into fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... that investors are heeding calls to maintain a balanced portfolio. "We are seeing money starting to move out of term deposits, and other cash deposits, not just into equities but also into bonds," he said. According to Kalman the PIMCO EQT retail bond ...

AMP Capital to tempt investors out of cash and TDs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
AMP Capital has targeted the mountain of money piled in cash and term deposits with a new consumer website with which it hopes to motivate investor behaviour. The wealth manager says the 'act now for a better tomorrow' campaign aims to "rebuild retail ...

VicSuper adds new investment options

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
Victorian superannuation fund VicSuper will add two new investment options - Australian shares and term deposits, it announced today. The Australian Shares Option will be 100% invested in listed companies on the Australian Securities Exchange. VicSuper ...

FIIG Securities appoints new CEO

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... markets." FIIG Securities is Australia's largest specialist fixed-income broker and has more than $8 billion in term deposits under advice in its short-term money market business.