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Budget me a recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
Good news begets good news. The number of headlines and stories trumpeting that we are getting close to the end of the global financial crisis tunnel had been increasing over the past few weeks. Equity markets like these. They rallied and continue to ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
In a weekend interview on ABC Television, US National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers said "We'll see what happens" and "We'll do what's necessary." This is one of the reasons why I've turned. For once, I believe the powers that be. There ...

Grant Samuel Epoch tops global shares survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Grant Samuel Epoch Shareholder Yield fund demonstrates the merits of free cash flow (FCF) based investing after it trumped other global equities managers in one of the roughest months in stockmarket history. No doubt the month of October will reveal ...

Growth bond plays tax trump card

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
AMP has launched the AMP Growth Bond, a "tax paid" investment that allows investors to accumulate wealth with no lock in periods. The AMP Growth Bond is an investment or insurance bond style of where tax is paid on investment earnings within the product ...

Life insurance made easy: AIG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... advisers to increase the life cover of their eligible clients. But what's the carrot? According to AIG, the new campaign's trump card lies with the fact that clients will need a signed declaration of good health as the only underwriting required for ...

Reporting season hikes A-REITs worth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
APN Funds Management (APN FM) is trumpeting the return of value to the A-REIT sector, but the fund manager also singled out this year's reporting season as the crux in restoring full investor confidence in the asset class. The $4.3 billion APN FM singled ...

Debt trumps terrorism as top threat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
Australians are more concerned about other people finding out their credit card or debit card details than the threat of terrorism, a reversal of the trend post September 11, according to a new study. The Unisys Security Index measures the level of ...

Managed accounts hold trumpcard

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
As investors get jittery about their portfolios after Opes Prime and Lift Capital's collapse, the inherent feature of investors retaining beneficial ownership of their shares has become a key selling point for separately managed accounts (SMAs), industry ...

Tax offsets for fin advice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... and look forward to a comfortable retirement (62 per cent) with the right advice. A tax offset of $1,000 could be another trump card to encourage more people to engage in their personal finances. "Tax payers can claim a tax deduction for financial advice ...

EM property posts Q4 boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The emerging markets property sector continues to outdo the developing markets property sector, according to a Standard & Poor's report. The Standard & Poor's Global Property & REIT Quarterly report found the S&P/Citigroup Global Property Index fell ...