TAL launches underwriting education initiative for advisers and their clients

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TAL, a leading Australian life insurance specialist, has launched a new underwriting education initiative designed to help advisers and their clients better understand the underwriting process and support TAL customers... Read more continue reading

UBS Asset Management annouces food based ESG project with Harvard University and Wageningen University and Research

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UBS Asset Management (‘UBS-AM’) has announced the launch of a sponsored research project with Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in the Netherlands and Harvard University, to develop an impact measurement... Read more continue reading

Buy property through SMSF in your 30s

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Omniwealth thinks that investors in their 30s are the perfect age to purchase property within an SMSF. Leaving such a major investment decision until your mid to late 40s may... Read more continue reading

Bankruptcy and SMSF trusteeship

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John and Mary are individual trustees of their SMSF. John has incurred quite a substantial amount of unmanageable debts and recently entered into a voluntary bankruptcy. John is unsure what... Read more continue reading

Growth Farms offers investors a slice of Australian farmland

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Specialist agricultural asset manager Growth Farms Australia has launched an innovative investment trust, the Australian Agricultural Lease Fund, that will buy agricultural land and lease it to primary producers. Farm... Read more continue reading

Super funds defy global chaos, remain on track for double-digit returns

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With geo-political tensions running hot, Australian super funds have held firm in the face of global uncertainty, delivering a modest positive return in May and remaining on track for double-digit... Read more continue reading

Australian ETF industry reaches all-time highs according to BetaShares May 2018 Australian ETF Review  

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Australia’s ETF industry continued its upwards trajectory in May, reaching a record high of $38.4 billion in funds under management (FUM) – a 5% increase since its rare drop in... Read more continue reading

How to help customers make choices today that will benefit them tomorrow

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Superannuation is one of the most valuable products that working Australians own and yet one of the products they care least about. Forcing people to buy a product when the... Read more continue reading

Financial advisers look to active management and alternatives to meet investor needs in volatile markets

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Keeping clients’ irrational emotion in check is a challenge for eight out of ten Australian financial advisers, but keeping up with changing regulation is causing headaches for nine out of... Read more continue reading

Ten most important charts for fixed income investors

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Since the end of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) there has been eight years of ‘sunny skies’ – however, with interest rates and inflation moving upward, Brad Boyd CFA, Portfolio... Read more continue reading