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FEATURE: Quenching the thirst for income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... through three decades of boom and bust, rising and falling markets and the unexpected. But it's not just retirees who need to focus their attention on income assets. Low economic growth (and the resultant record low interest rates) has put traditional ...

Hockey accuses Labor of making "a mess" of FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has lambasted the Labor party for "complaining about its own laws" and making "such a mess of the entire crisis of financial advice." Hockey accused Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen of being "too busy in engaging with unfair dismissal ...

How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The emerging markets investment landscape is best understood in terms of country blocs that perform similarly as the macro environment evolves, according to Investec Asset Management Global Strategist, Dr Michael Power. Power presented an analogy where ...

Trilogy Funds makes $9m property investment

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... property assets. "Trilogy Funds has a very conservative investment approach. We don't offer the highest returns but rather focus on realistic, sustainable returns. "In Trilogy Funds' syndicates, the buildings need to be relatively new, have gearing ratios ...

ASIC bans former Synchron adviser

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a former Synchron financial adviser from providing financial services for five years for failing to provide Statements of Advice (SOAs). Michael Richard Irwin, a Rockhampton-based ...

BetaShares launches US equity ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
BetaShares has launched a new US equity income focused exchange traded fund (ETF). The BetaShares S&P 500 Yield Maximiser Fund (managed fund) will trade under the ASX code UMAX and aims to provide investors with exposure to S&P 500 companies, while ...

Arnhem IM appoints senior BDM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... business development associate with Colonial First State. "Our investment team remains committed to our investment process and focus on performance delivery," Arnhem executive chairman George Clapham said. Arnhem Investment Management is a boutique Sydney-based ...

Morphic global fund added to the Macquarie Wrap

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... Wrap Platform, shortly after it was listed on the BT Wrap. The fund is a long-short global equities strategy with a mid-cap focus that aims to provide flexible hedging strategies targeted to deliver steady absolute returns for investors. "We are noticing ...

AFA awards finalists announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has named the finalists of the adviser of the year, practice of the year and female excellence in advice awards. Finalists for the adviser of the year award are Affinity Private's Catherine Robson, Dartnall ...

Catholic Super awards $90 million to US microcap fund

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... to 120 stocks. It typically considers stocks with a market capitalisation up to US$500 to 600 million, however there is a focus on the smallest part of the micro-cap universe, where inefficiencies are often the greatest. The THB US Micro Cap Fund is ...