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US shares dominating other asset classes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... would now be worth $146,430, assuming no acquisition costs or taxes and all income was reinvested. By contrast, Australian bonds would have delivered 8.5% per annum, or $115,187; Australian shares would have returned 8.4%, or $113,405; listed property ...

A hedge fund by any other name

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... strategies that aim to generate returns with low correlations to published indices solely or predominantly comprised of equities, bonds and/or cash Has a complex investment structure that invests through three or more vertically interposed entities "where ...

CBA commits to bond-structured climate change solutions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... and green-aligned bond sector in Australia with a new global partnership. The bank, who arranged $1.02 billion of climate bonds into the Australia medium term note market in the 2017 financial year, has partnered with the Climate Bonds Initiative to ...

Government funds ATO superannuation taskforce

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... improve the effectiveness of the ATO's recovery powers, including strengthening director penalty notices and use of security bonds for high-risk employers, to ensure that unpaid superannuation is better collected by the ATO and paid to employees' super ...

Investors short on tax-effective structures: Centuria Life

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... ongoing regulatory obligations," he said. To overcome these difficulties, Rogan recommends investors to look to investment bonds, a structure which he describes as just as tax-effective as super, and more tax-effective than trusts or company structures. ...

First XTB 'Floater' model portfolio launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... liquid yield alternative to bank deposits. XTBs provide a means for retail investors to gain exposure to Australian corporate bonds, with each XTB offering an ASX-listed security that delivers the price stability and returns of a specific underlying ...

Australian Unity launches funeral bond

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... inflation over longer timeframes, Australian Unity national manager of strategy, life and super Greg Bird said. Funeral bonds were traditionally sold to senior Australians with a limited structure designed to meet future funeral expenses and the security ...

Property overpowers asset class returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... period, posting flat returns in 2016, according to the annual report conducted by Russell Investments and the ASX. Global bonds (hedged) generated gross returns of 7.4% per annum, followed by Australian bonds at 6.1%. Australian equities meanwhile, fell ...

New super product for investment savvy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... ASX-listed securities; listed Australian shares; exchange-traded funds (ETFs); exchange-traded commodities; hybrid securities and bonds; listed investment companies (LICs); real estate investment trusts (REITs); managed funds registered by ASIC (including ...

Bravura inks deal with $4.7bn insurer

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... migration of 47.6 million client transactions across Scottish Friendly's range of products, including pensions, annuities, bonds and individual savings accounts (ISAs). Scottish Friendly chief executive Jim Galbraith said: "Having a first-class back ...