Beware estate planning issues with aged care

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As our population gets older (and lives longer), the likelihood that an elderly parent will need to go into a nursing home is increasing. Usually this requires having to make... Read more continue reading

Tis the season to reconsider holiday home liabilities

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The fast-approaching Christmas holiday season is a good time for property investors to reassess their capital gains tax (CGT) obligations and associated cost base – and in particular, whether a... Read more continue reading

Value investing can benefit from low interest rate environment

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The last 20 years have seen global fund managers who favour growth style investing outperform their value counterparts. A key driver of this outperformance has been the falling interest rate... Read more continue reading

Cold War 2.0 and its implications for global markets

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Bill Priest, CEO, co-CIO and portfolio manager of Epoch Investment Partners (Epoch) recently visited Australia to share Epoch’s world view with financial advisers and in particular, the potential impact of... Read more continue reading

Investing in international ETFs set to rise

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The Australian ETF market is expanding to accommodate growing investor demand for international exposure, with a focus on fast-growing Asian economies. Launching the latest ETF Landscape report which provides a... Read more continue reading

Perpetual Corporate Trust extends Perpetual Business Intelligence Platform with new digital securitisation and treasury solutions

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Perpetual Corporate Trust (PCT) recently launched two new capabilities under its Perpetual Business Intelligence (Perpetual BI) digital platform – Securitisation Intelligence and Treasury Intelligence. This is in addition to the... Read more continue reading

Can grandchildren be beneficiaries of BDBNs?

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Often a member of a superannuation fund (whether self-managed, industry or retail superannuation fund) will want to provide for their spouse and, if the spouse should predecease them to their... Read more continue reading

Schroders launches income-based active ETF 

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Schroders has launched an active fixed income exchange traded fund (ETF) on Chi-X Australia (Exchange code: PAYS) with the aim of helping investors strengthen the defensive allocation within their portfolios by... Read more continue reading

Country focus comes to the fore in emerging markets

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It’s been a great year for emerging markets (EM). Through the third quarter, the major EM debt indexes were up sharply, as a lot of things have come together for... Read more continue reading

Market complexity and shift to alternatives turns global insurers to outsourced portfolio management

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Global insurers are turning to alternatives to fill the void left by meager bond returns over the past decade of ultra-low interest rates, reveals Natixis Investment Managers’ global survey of... Read more continue reading