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Commercial property regains appeal: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... rising tenant demand in the industrial space. The survey also found investors have significant holdings in cash and term deposits with almost one third of respondents holding more than $200,000 in these assets while a majority 74 per cent believe the ...

Mistaken identity on term deposits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Financial planners need greater education on term deposits according to research - but the chair of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) questions some of the research assumptions and said planners are already 'well trained' in the correct use of ...

Challenger back in the black, annuity sales trebles

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... to defensive assets like cash, bonds and annuities. With our annuities consistently outperforming bond funds and term deposits over various investment periods, there is a strong argument for their inclusion in most portfolios" he continued. The group ...

FIIG opens corporate bonds to planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... the past. FIIG Securities operates a planner services unit to help planners with fixed-income investments such as term deposits, bonds and hybrid securities.

Fixed income gains pace among SMSFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... According to the latest Multiport SMSF Investment Trends Survey, investments in fixed-interest instruments, such as term deposits of 12 months or more, debentures and listed hybrid securities have grown from 7.8 per cent to 8.5 per cent in the last quarter. ...

Henderson Maxwell pours $100m into MAs

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... Henderson Maxwell to deliver portfolios to clients that consist of Australian listed securities, hybrid securities and term deposits, using in-house portfolio management capability. The service was implemented using the Investment Administration Services ...

Ord Minnett raises $600 million

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
Ord Minnett breaks away from its traditional stockbroking roots by expanding into term deposits, a move that raised more than $600 million in funds in the past six months alone. Tim Gunning, chief executive at Ord Minnett, has only been at the firm ...

New chapter in savings after government guarantee ends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... potentially problematic is when banks and fund managers have to change the policies around cash-based savings, such as term deposits. "There is a $1 million threshold but how does this apply? The current fee-free $1 million threshold is based on per-depositor ...

FIIG hires ex-Goldman Sachs exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... role, Ward will be responsible for buying and selling the full range of fixed-income products for clients including term deposits, bonds, hybrids and structured alternatives. Ward joins FIIG from the Goldman Sachs Group where he ran a fixed income desk ...

The return of the cocooning consumer

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... trend that pervaded during the years leading up to the crisis, the survey also found that more Australians are using term deposits instead of online savings accounts, despite the higher rates on the latter. "Respondents were unlikely to consider moving ...