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February proved to be a truth or dare month with equities. The Australian reporting season was one of the best ones in years, as profits surged 18% to the December calendar end. 55% of companies beat estimates, with the main outperformer being resource related stocks.

Australian seniors and self-funded retirees are not alone when they see their incomes diminish because of low interest rates. Traditionally Australian retirees have either invested in term deposits or direct property, with income from each helping to fund retirement lifestyles. Government IPOs of publicly owned assets like Telstra, Commonwealth Bank and more recently Medibank Private has seen a growing cohort of these investors enter the stock market. But in a low interest rate world, where the bulk of these portfolios are earning sub inflationary returns, what are some other options?

Performance as at January 31st 2017.

The following is an article published in the Australian Financial Review by Jessica Sier.

Australian Banks, Advisors, and Issuers should be concerned after recent events in Singapore. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is reviewing the regulatory limits and practices as to what qualifies as the Singaporean equivalent of a Sophisticated Investor. The regulatory shake-up is all to do with the following equation;