Market anomalies present opportunities for active investors: PM Capital

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Just like human anomalies can make all the difference in sporting teams, picking anomalies in equities and fixed income markets can help investors achieve winning performance, according to PM Capital.... Read more continue reading

There’s a lot long term investors can learn from insurers around strategy design: AXA IM

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There’s a great deal asset owners and managers can learn from insurance companies’ long-term approach to investing, especially when it comes to investment strategy design, according to AXA Investment Managers... Read more continue reading

Japan in motion: What does the future hold?

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We often read that Abenomics continues to divide people as to whether it is working, and if this policy platform advocated strongly by Prime Minister Abe since his election in... Read more continue reading

Benefit payments rise dramatically ahead of July 1 super changes

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SMSF trustees looking to take advantage of the current rules around non-concessional caps have significantly increased benefit payments, according to the latest SuperConcepts SMSF Investment  Patterns Survey. In the March... Read more continue reading

Estate equalisation by courts not so straightforward

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In a 2015 court case a claim by the daughters of the deceased for an equal share of his estate was dismissed. It was taken that the daughters had been... Read more continue reading

ETFGI reports assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan reached a new record of 209 billion US dollars at the end of April 2017

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 ETFGI the leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, today reported assets invested in ETFs/ETPs listed in Japan reach a new record high of... Read more continue reading

New CommInsure underwriting offer to improve adviser productivity

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CommInsure has enhanced its underwriting offer with a new tele-interview service and upgrades to its underwriting rules to improve adviser productivity. The improvements are part of a wider program designed... Read more continue reading

Make claims part of your value proposition

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The continued focus on LIF has spawned a number of corollary discussions, with one of the most important being around the concept of the adviser value proposition. Put simply, your... Read more continue reading

Unlocking value for retirement income

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For many retirees, the family home represents their primary source of personal wealth. For most, paying off the mortgage has been more important than making additional contributions to superannuation, creating... Read more continue reading

Australian house prices and the law of unintended consequences – are we nearing a tipping point?

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Topic of the week, month, year and decade Australian house prices. It seems everyone has an opinion. When house prices collapsed in the US and parts of Europe during the... Read more continue reading