How Pokemon Go is reflecting investment behaviour

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It’s been hard to miss the phenomenal popularity of Pokemon Go. Even in the office we’ve managed to capture a plague of Zubats that until recently we didn’t even know... Read more continue reading

The impact of time barring

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Time-bar clauses do exactly what they sound like: they restrict the timeframes in which rights can be enforced. This can be a problem because signing contracts which contain these clauses... Read more continue reading

Witnessing of Binding Death Benefit Nominations: One, two or none? What’s the story morning glory?

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Will all nominations lapse after 3 years? Must all nominations be witnessed by 2 independent witnesses (in the manner of a will)? The answers to these questions depends on whether... Read more continue reading

SMSFs still on track for comfortable retirement

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Most SMSF trustees can be confident that they are well placed to live comfortably in retirement, according to a new research report from the SMSF Association and SMSF retirement experts... Read more continue reading

OneVue SMSF investors look beyond the share market

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SMSF investors continue to retreat from the volatile stock market, recording their lowest investment for five years in this asset class for the June quarter of this year. According to... Read more continue reading

Why Turnbull must change the Super rules

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The Government has supposedly weathered the storm and protest over their proposed superannuation changes. So hopefully they won’t suddenly collapse in a heap to appease all of the “NIMBYs”, which... Read more continue reading

Unpaid life insurance remains valid

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Watch out insurers: life insurance policies can remain on foot even if the premium is unpaid. How is this even possible? Most people assume that if they don’t pay the... Read more continue reading

Constant tinkering and complexity making family home better than super for retirement

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The constant tinkering and growing complexity of superannuation can only serve to fuel a lack of confidence in the system and drive consumers to seek alternatives to fund or financially... Read more continue reading

Family Trust as the New SMSF?

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Have the ‘ScoMo’ changes (which now seem likely to be implemented – subject to one or two minor changes) amounted to the demise of SMSFs as the preferred private wealth... Read more continue reading

Japanese poll result gives global markets fillip

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The landslide victory for Japan’s ruling coalition in the Upper House election last weekend has provided further fuel for equity markets that have been in overdrive around the globe for... Read more continue reading