Choosing cash over fixed income no longer makes sense

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Australian investors have largely missed out on the 20-year bond rally, preferring instead to invest in cash for their liquid/defensive asset holding. However, the returns on fixed income have actually... Read more continue reading

AFEX and Government agency sign FX guarantee deal to better protect Australian exporters

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A new deal, signed between AFEX, one of the world’s largest non-bank providers of global payment and risk management solutions, and Australia’s export credit agency, Efic, will offer Australia’s export... Read more continue reading

Australia’s weak fiscal position threatens safe haven status

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Standard Life Investments, the global investment manager, believes that despite experiencing one of the mildest downturns of any country during the global financial crisis and benefiting from a commodity boom,... Read more continue reading

Select launches Neuberger Berman ARMS Trust

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Select Fund Services (Select) has made Neuberger Berman’s Absolute Return Multi Strategy (ARMS) investment capability available to Australian investors, including the retail and self-managed superannuation fund market (SMSF), with the... Read more continue reading

Zurich says AREIT investors must buy the best properties on the street, not the whole street

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Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) contests recent commentary on the merits of active management in the increasingly buoyant Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (AREITs) market, instead believing that the uneven... Read more continue reading

Investec Australia Property Fund announces $65.5 million acquisition in Brisbane

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Investec Australia Property Fund (“IAPF” or the “Fund”) has announced the Fund’s third acquisition since listing late in 2013, with the purchase of an office development newly completed in July... Read more continue reading

Healthcare property continues to show value

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The Australian Unity Healthcare Property Trust (HPT) has acquired the Brisbane Waters Private Hospital on the New South Wales Central Coast for $16.175 million. The property is forecast to deliver... Read more continue reading

Insync’s Global Titans Fund accepted onto CFS’s FirstWrap

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Insync’s fund offer ‘growth with protection’ for investors going offshore by utilising equity derivatives to dynamically protect investors in downturns. Insync have a proven strategy of generating consistent returns with... Read more continue reading

Zurich partners with AdviserLogic to deliver adviser efficiency boost

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Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) – the first life insurer to offer daily data feeds – yesterday announced the extension of this facility to users of the AdviserLogic platform. Effective... Read more continue reading

BT Financial Group first Australian Avaloq customer to go live

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Going live with the Avaloq Banking Suite on new BT Panorama Operating Platform creates new opportunities for Avaloq to enter the global wealth ‘Platform’ market. The Avaloq group, an international leader in... Read more continue reading