Scramble for yield favours high income global equities

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If investor sentiment in 2012 was characterised by a flight to the safe haven of cash and bonds, 2013 is likely present new and different challenges, as interest rates remain

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The age of income

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The world economy is undergoing a restructuring: secular growth drivers are reshaping the balance of economic power; the demographics of longevity and aging populations are intensifying the retirement saving imperative;

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Oliver’s Insights: The search for yield

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Assets with a decent and sustainable yield are attractive because they provide a greater certainty of return in an environment of volatile and constrained capital growth. However, bank term deposit

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Learn the lessons of 2010 to build wealth in 2011 says leading technical expert Strategy Steps

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Spread the risk between Australian and international shares Generate income safely while managing longevity risk Return to gearing but be responsible Avoid ATO penalties while maximising super contribution strategies Avoid

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Want a long-term winner? Back consumption

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  About 135 million people around the world are estimated to have escaped from poverty between 1999 and 2004. That means that a population greater than Japan’s (126 million) was

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