Centuria Life launches new bonds offering
Centuria Life, which is a specialist investment manager of Centuria Capital Group, has launched a new investment bonds offering, Centuria LifeGoals.
The new product would offer 22 high quality fund options, including sector, diversified and index funds and would offer a transparent fee structure as well as a tax-effective investment solution, the firm said.
The funds would include abroad menu of asset classes across cash, fixed interest, property, infrastructure, international and Australian shares, small companies, diversified funds and total return targeted funds.
According to Centruria Groups’ chief executive, John McBain, the new product would be well-suited to advisers and investors.
“The first guiding principle of Centuria LifeGoals is to offer high-quality, complementary funds which have been carefully selected by our investment committee,” said Michael Blake, head of Centuria Life.
“We are entering a new generation of financial services in Australia: various developments have created an environment where Australians are going to be more discerning customers than ever, looking extremely closely at existing and proposed financial products.”
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