Russell launches income funds to capture dividend resurgence and strong Aussie bond yields

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High demand for dividends as income drives greater proportion of returns Australian bonds attractive due to good yields and quality issuers Russell Investments has today launched two income-based multi-manager funds

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Shorten shows he’s listening

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Bill Shorten, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation has already demonstrated that he is a true advocate of the financial services industry, focused on ensuring that the

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QE2 not fazing investors

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“Print, baby, print” echoes the chorus of economists, investors and currency speculators worldwide. The strong possibility the US will create more money out of thin air has led to a

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Weekly market & economic update: 29 October 2010

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Headline developments of the past week US GDP grew an annualised 2% in the September quarter, which was right in line with market expectations. Clearly the US economy has not

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Budget deficit soars to record high

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Federal budget The underlying budget deficit hit a record high of $63.3 billion in the twelve months to September 2010, indicating that the Government has plenty of work to do

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Lonsec releases 2010 Alternative Income Sector Review

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Lonsec has released its 2010 Australian Alternative Income Sector Review, which consisted of 21 funds encompassing Alternative Income and Alternative Income (High). Of these, two Alternative Income funds received a

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Global Property Securities Update

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Overview Strong returns by listed property companies during the month were mainly driven by positive momentum in most global equity markets. The prospect of further quantitative easing in the US

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AMP Limited reports Q3 cashflows and AUM

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AMP Limited today reported cashflows and AUM for the third quarter to 30 September 2010. Total AMP Financial Services net cashflows for the quarter were $48 million, down from $103

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PIMCO forecasts positive outlook for Australia: quality RMBS stand out as key investment opportunity

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Australia has a positive investment outlook with flexible economic conditions and a clean banking sector Australian residential mortgage backed securities offer attractive relative value Claims that Australia is in a

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The Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey

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Better performing markets see Trustees taking profits To get a closer insight into where SMSF trustees invest, Multiport regularly undertakes an analysis of our SMSFs investments to look at the

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