30 years of investment lessons from Japan, and the implications for real estate

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Imagine a person of prime working age (~40 years old) seeking investment advice for long-term financial security, and ultimately, a comfortable retirement. The potential investment advice may look something like... Read more continue reading

Ongoing US-Iran tension could boost energy stocks despite lacklustre global outlook

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Financial markets’ quick recovery following US-Iran tensions may be short lived and punish investor returns, though a renewal of tensions could increase the appeal of energy stocks. Principal Global Investors... Read more continue reading

Local stocks and broad-based international ETFs the most traded securities among Aussie investors in 2019

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For Australian investors, this past year’s returns in global equities have been much higher than even their wildest hopes as the S&P 500 surged 29 per cent in US dollar... Read more continue reading

Global equity outlook 2020

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Focusing on Future Quality through the noise By the end of last year it looked like a combination of central bank policy error and political uncertainty was about to end... Read more continue reading

2020 will be another testing year for businesses seeking insurance cover

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Honan Insurance Group’s (Honan) December 2019 Quarterly Market Update has been released and the report foresees 2020 as another year that will again test businesses seeking insurance cover said Travis Wendt, Honan’s Head... Read more continue reading

Do you have the Will to cope with the ‘roaring 20s’?

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Not just a new year, but a new decade has arrived – the new ‘roaring 20s’ – but can your Will cope with the decade ahead? “If you think about... Read more continue reading

New whitepaper benchmarks the cost of life insurance advice

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A new MLC Life Insurance commissioned whitepaper into the cost and efficiency of life insurance advice reveals risk advisers must examine their cost base to be sustainable in a reduced... Read more continue reading

Lonsec helps investors through the ESG maze

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Lonsec has partnered with specialist data provider Sustainable Platform to enable its research users to assess the social and environmental sustainability of their clients’ investments. Lonsec will continue to assess... Read more continue reading

They will sort it out when I’m gone (and other flawed estate planning assumptions)

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It’s a common assumption fraught with danger: Many people appoint one of their children to be the executor of their will – expecting (or hoping) that everything will be resolved... Read more continue reading

Tax-managing a RAFI portfolio busts the ‘low turnover is tax efficient’ myth

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Superannuation funds moving to a rules-based equity management approach could improve their performance by more than half a percentage point a year by genuinely focusing on after-tax, not pre-tax, returns.... Read more continue reading