Aged care awareness essential for advisers

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Financial advisers need to arm themselves with aged care strategies in the new year, as the holiday period is likely to prompt clients to question the care needs of their ageing relatives... Read more continue reading

Nikko AM: Japan corporate profitability reaches new historical high

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Recurring pre-tax profit margin for the 2nd quarter 2013 reached a record high Reflationary psychology spurred 3rd quarter personal consumption levels to more than 2% year-on-year Wage growth is key... Read more continue reading

Investors ‘doing a Rumsfeld’ – they don’t know what they don’t know

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Investors at risk through failure to achieve true diversification, says BlackRock Diversification can provide one of the most effective methods of limiting risk, while maximising returns lies in adjusting portfolios... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital completes deal for the Greater Gabbard clean energy

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AMP Capital, as part of a consortium with Balfour Beatty and Equitix, has been granted a £317 million (A$570 million) transmission licence as part of the Greater Gabbard offshore transmission... Read more continue reading

Is this the end of the bond market?

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Despite predictions that the end of the bond market is nigh, Lonsec’s income sector has expanded considerably over the past few years. This growth has been driven by increased demand... Read more continue reading

Cash continues to fall out of favour with SMSF trustees

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Self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees continued to decrease their allocation to cash during the September 2013 quarter with lower interest rates making term deposits less attractive according to the... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund to add fourth schools project to its portfolio

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The AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF) is to acquire a 100 per cent interest in the Partnerships Victoria in Schools Project from the Royal Bank of Scotland. This project... Read more continue reading

Capex – QIII 2013

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Mining capex looks set to plateau at close to 8% of GDP in 2013/14.  The real drag on GDP growth from falling mining capex looks to be some time away.... Read more continue reading

Western Australia continues to outperform for direct property investment

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Charter Hall says recent results from Investment Property Databank (IPD) – showing that Western Australia continued to provide the strongest returns for direct property over the year to September 2013... Read more continue reading

Australian Ethical’s Smaller Companies Trust participating in a limited number of IPOs

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Australian Ethical’s Smaller Companies Trust has participated in the frenzy of recent IPO activity on the ASX. While AE fund manager, Andy Gracey, sees some quality he is also wary of... Read more continue reading