Investment Trends releases 1H Online Broking Report

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Leading research firm Investment Trends has released its 2018 First Half Online Broking Report, an in-depth study of the attitudes, behaviours, needs and wants of online equities and ETF investors... Read more continue reading

Invest in Kylie Jenner’s success

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Kylie Jenner and ETFs – two things you never thought you’d hear in the same sentence. Australian investors have had limited exposure to stocks shares such as Shopify, the e-commerce... Read more continue reading

Should small-cap investors be worried about a recession?

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Eaton Vance, a leading global investment manager, notes global small-cap stocks investors have been worried lately about volatility, rising geopolitical risks, a potential recession and the sheer length of the... Read more continue reading

AtlasTrend launches new managed fund for clean disruption technologies

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AtlasTrend, the financial investment platform helping everyday Australians invest in global trends, has launched a new managed fund that will invest in listed companies producing and utilising clean disruption technologies.... Read more continue reading

Research shows falling retirement spend driven by behaviour, not declining income

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Does spending decline dramatically through retirement due to declining assets balances? Can individuals predict their retirement spending based on pre-retirement income? New analysis by Milliman suggests that retirees’ age is... Read more continue reading

Long/short investing – a true conviction strategy

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A long/short equity strategy, as the name suggests, holds both long and short equity positions in its portfolio. In recent months there’s been a surge of flows into these strategies... Read more continue reading

Not all investments will weather the ‘trade tension storm’ equally, says Principal

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The hardest pill for investment markets to swallow is the increasing uncertainty in the tone of global trade discussions and the doubt it introduces into business and consumer sentiment. That’s... Read more continue reading

Responsible investments hit major milestone, tipping to over half of all Australian investments: New report

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Responsible investment in Australia has hit a major milestone, with a new report finding over half of all professionally managed investments in Australia are now invested as responsible investments. Environmental, social,... Read more continue reading

Can you sue your SMSF auditor if things don’t go to plan?

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The NSW Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of the trial judge and held that an SMSF auditor was liable to pay damages for losses incurred by the SMSF.... Read more continue reading

Borrowers favour smaller lenders, according to mortgage broker survey

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Larger banks are falling out of favour among homeowners seeking mortgages, according to the latest MyState Bank survey of its national broker network. In the survey, completed in last week... Read more continue reading