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HOSTPLUS to become a PST

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Once its plans to become a pooled superannuation trust (PST) are complete later this year, HOSTPLUS will be the first Industry fund to allow SMSFs to invest in its underlying investment platform. As well as helping to keep costs down, HOSTPLUS CEO David ...

Cash rate falls good for property

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
If Australia's cash rate drops further a growing number of investors are expected to be attracted to unlisted property funds in the search better yields, said a property manager. General manager of property, mortgages and capital markets at Australian ...

Aussie equities to rise another 20% in 2013: Fidelity

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Cheap valuations, high dividend yields, a US and Chinese recovery and even history are on the side of Australian share market investors this year, according to Fidelity head of Australian equities Paul Taylor. With dividends reinvested, the Australian ...

MLC launches advice service for uber wealthy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... strategies and absolute return strategies may all be crucial parts of these sorts of solutions alongside more traditional term deposit and share holdings." The availability of Portfolio Solutions is limited to individual and institutional investors with ...

Planners praised for guiding investors into fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
The wall of cash built up in the wake of the GFC is showing signs of crumbling as fixed income see dramatic inflows off the back of changing fundamentals and the hard work of financial planners, according to PIMCO and Equity Trustees (EQT). EQT head ...

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
... investment process. VicSuper members, including pension members, will also have the option to invest their super in a term deposit. Invested currently through National Australia Bank (NAB), this option will provide members with more certainty over a ...

FIIG Securities appoints new CEO

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
Fixed income specialist FIIG Securities has appointed Mark Paton as chief executive officer, it was announced today. The veteran financial services executive will also join the board of directors. "We were impressed with the breadth of Mark's experience ...

Super fund returns dip back below double-digits

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... fund 12 month rolling returns have dipped back below double digits, but at 8.3% (31 October) are still twice the term deposit benchmark. Results of Rainmaker's just released SelectingSuper workplace default option index confirm the recovery in fund returns ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer, with banking stocks among the better performers in early trade. At 1035 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 7.4 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4,511 points, while the broad-market All Ordinaries had ...