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We are pleased to announce that the Instreet Link Asia 50 Series 18 investment is now open to Focus' Private Wealth clients. Please be advised that this investment opportunity closes 30th June 2010. For further information about this investment, please do not hesitate to contact your Focus financial adviser today or visit www.instreet.com.au/products/link-dpa.

We are pleased to announce that Instreet's S&P ASX 200 Index Linked Series 16 & 17 investments are now open to Focus' Private Wealth clients. Please be advised that this investment opportunity closes 30th June 2010. For further information about the investments, please do not hesitate to contact your Focus financial adviser today or visit www.instreet.com.au/products/link-dpa.

We are pleased to announce that Instreet's Link ARC Series 3 is now open to Focus' Private Wealth clients. Instreet Link Absolute Returns from Commodities (ARC) offers an investment solution for many market conditions. Through specialised research and development, Instreet has identified an index that has the potential to perform in bull, bear and sideways markets. For a relatively small one off up-front payment, investors have access to absolute returns from commodities, with known downside risk. The Instreet Link ARC investment has proven to be a very popular investment choice for a large number of our Private Wealth client's portfolios and the interest continues to grow through each new series that is released. Instreet Link ARC Series 3 closes on the 30th June 2010. For further information about Instreet Link ARC Series 3, please do not hesitate to contact your Focus financial adviser or visit www.instreet.com.au/products/link-arc-dpa.

Cash levels within the Challenger high yield funds are currently at a level where a meaningful withdrawal offer can again be made. Challenger has announced a new withdrawal offer for the Challenger high yield funds and are offering 5% of all investors' units in the fund available for withdrawal. For those participating in the offer, this means that you will receive a maximum of 5% of your total unit holdings paid out as a withdrawal. The withdrawal offer opens Friday 23rd April and closes Friday 21st May 2010 (3pm Sydney Time). Clients should have received correspondence already from Challenger about the withdrawal offer. Focus will also be mailing out information letters and withdrawal forms to our clients with the Challenger investment holding. We are recommending our investors who are participating in the offer to please return their withdrawal forms to our office no later than Friday 14th May for processing. Should you require any further information or advice about the Challenger withdrawal offer, please do not hesitate to contact your Focus' financial adviser today.

With the end of the 2009-10 Financial Year almost upon us, it's time to get the finances into shape! Focus' financial advisers are right now meeting with their clients and working hard to make sure that this Financial Year coming is going to be a rewarding year for our clients. If you haven't spoken to your Focus financial advicer in a while or would like to arrange a no obligation "End of Financial Year Financial Health Check Review" meeting, please do not hesitate to contact our Brisbane office on 1300 73 13 72 or contact our Gold Coast and Tweed office on (07) 5596 5530 today to arrange an appointment.

At a meeting on 22 April 2010, Macquarie Cash Management Trust (Macquarie CMT) unit holders approved a Proposal to convert their investments in the Macquarie CMT into an at-call Cash Management Account (CMA) with Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL). The conversion is scheduled to take place on the weekend of 31 July 2010. There will be no action required from investors holding a Macquarie CMT, the converson will be automatically implemented by Macquarie. The investor's Macquarie CMT BSB and Account numbers will remain the same for their new Macquarie CMA. To find out more about the conversion, please visit www.macquarie.com.au/cmtvote or speak to your Focus financial adviser.