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AMP gives SMSFs access to property and corporate bonds

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... funds targeting self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors who want to access asset classes that require a large capital outlay. The AMP Capital Wholesale Australian Property Fund and the AMP Capital Corporate Bond Fund are aimed at SMSF investors who ...

More to Asia than just Chindia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... institutional investors have an even more limited focus on the region but Pais said investors can gain a toehold for less capital outlay than they may expect. "Companies in SEA are looking for not just capital but management expertise," which gives smaller ...

Medical charges put pressure on retiree living costs

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... The figured for the June quarter 2013 revealed that a couple looking to achieve a comfortable retirement would require an outlay of $56,406 a year, while those seeking a 'modest' retirement lifestyle needed $32,656 a year. These figures are up by modest ...

Cut welfare, give savings to defence: UK minister

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
In a possible warning of political arguments Australia may confront in coming decades when the national budget faces mounting aged care and pension costs, a leading UK government minister has proposed cutting welfare and diverting the savings to the ...

Buffett helps SMSF investors to big returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... protected, at 4.95% interest and pay an on-going 1.1% per annum currency management fee over the three-year term. The minimum outlay is $9,075 representing three years' interest payments, currency hedging fees and an application fee.

ASIC raises red flag on capital protected products

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... labelled as "internally geared" are described as entailing a compulsory capital protected loan, where all of the investor's outlay is at risk of loss if the assets don't perform. While sometimes the investment exposure is "notional", there may also be ...

Financial Synergy to release SuperStream-friendly platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... Stephen Mackley said. "While funds will be forced to invest significantly to implement these changes, many will also need to outlay large sums with their vendors for the cost of the changes to their core systems," he said. "However, Financial Synergy ...

Structured products right for the risk-aware

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... "For a self managed super fund with $500 000 a structured product may offer an ideal way to capture market upside for an outlay of the interest payments. "This, for example, could be around $18 750 for the equivalent of $100 000 exposure, or 3.75% of ...

Best interest to put focus on risk: Instreet

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
The contentious best interest clause in the FOFA legislation will place more of an onus on advisers to prove they are experts on the products they recommend to clients. That's according to asset management firm Instreet Investment, which has developed ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke of the importance of Australia's super industry as an "anchor" for the economy and the changes ahead in an address to over 600 wealth management professionals in Sydney this morning. In a 30-minute speech discussing ...