PIMCO bond offering available on the FirstChoice platform

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PIMCO, a leading global investment management firm, has filled in the final piece of its Australian retail offering with its inclusion on Colonial First State’s FirstChoice platform. The PIMCO offering... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital launches new website to educate SMSF investors on property and infrastructure investments

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AMP Capital has launched a new campaign to highlight the benefits of investing in ‘real assets’ such as infrastructure and property in an SMSF portfolio. Some SMSF trustees and their... Read more continue reading

Strong demand for Australian and New Zealand forestry assets continues

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The Trust Company appointed as trustee for New Forests Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 2 (ANZFF2) The Trust Company, a leading property and infrastructure custodian and Australia’s only trustee with... Read more continue reading

HUB24 Platform adds Perpetual SMA

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Investorfirst Ltd (ASX: INQ) Acting Chief Executive Jason Entwistle has announced the addition of Perpetual Investments as the latest professional investment manager to join the ranks of Separately Managed Account... Read more continue reading

Change presents significant opportunities for investors

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Altair Asset Management (Altair) today announced the launch of its Australian equities business. Altair is a high conviction fund manager offering investment options designed to meet the financial needs of... Read more continue reading

FoFA solutions bring additional benefits to non-aligned financial advice firms

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With the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) kick-off date of 1 July looming, specialist investment management group Select Asset Management Limited (Select) has urged Australian financial advice firms to have... Read more continue reading

Oliver’s insights: crunch time for the Australian economy

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This edition of Oliver’s Insights looks at the impact of the mining boom and interest rates on the Australian economy in 2014 . The key points are as follows: With the fading of the... Read more continue reading

Real assets, debt and equity finding favour as ‘risk gets personal’

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The years of continuing fallout and uncertainty following the global financial crisis are finally resolving into some clear patterns of investor behaviour. This was a key finding of the annual... Read more continue reading

Emerging market equities continue to appeal

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In a Q&A released by Principal Global Investors, Mihail Dobrinov, Portfolio Manager and Head of Emerging Market Equities discusses the recent divergent results across developed markets and emerging markets and... Read more continue reading

Inflation linked bonds are original outcome driven investment: Ardea

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The current industry buzz term – outcome driven investing – is not a new concept and has existed in Australia in the form of Inflation Linked Bonds (ILBs) for 30... Read more continue reading