Funds Focus

Suncorp Group has just announced the launch of a new income offer: Suncorp Group Capital Notes 2. The first round of access is through a broker firm allocation, prior to shareholder offer and listing in November. Note: There is no Customer or General Offer

The Notes will pay a quarterly coupon of 3.65%-3.85% (rate determined by the bookbuild) over the 90 day bank bill swap rate (BBSW), which was 1.70% as of 23rd October, with an initial indicative rate of 5.35%-5.55%pa. (The first pricing is

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank has just announced the launch of a new income offer: Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Convertible Preference Shares 4. The first round of access is through a broker firm allocation, prior to shareholder offer and listing in December.

Note: There is no Customer or General Offer

The Shares will pay a quarterly coupon of 3.75%-3.95% (rate determined by the bookbuild) over the 90 day bank bill swap rate (BBSW), which was 1.70% as of 16th October, with an initial

Having managed a team of planners for a number of years, one of the common mistakes I have seen with both advisers and retirees is the assumption that a 12%pa average return in equities is better than a fixed return of 7%pa from cash.

For the most part, that’s not a bad assumption to make as we know that sharemarket returns are typically volatile but tend to outperform cash over the longer term.

As financial planners we are taught to expect that clients in retirement should take less risk