2016 Australia CFD Report: market shrank despite increased market volatility

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Investment Trends has released its 2016 Australia CFD Report, an in-depth study of Australian CFD traders’ attitudes and investing habits, based on a large-scale survey of more than 15,000 investors and... Read more continue reading

Avoid being overcharged on life insurance premiums

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Life Insurance Direct has done extensive research of more than 3,000 quotes from 32 brands to launch the 2016 Life Insurance Direct Quote Index. The research reveals that certain big... Read more continue reading

‘Listed Property shines again, but be aware’, says Zenith.

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The Listed Property sector achieved yet another year of strong absolute returns, with Australian and Global REITS generating 15.6% and 4.2% respectively, over the 12 months to 31 May 2016... Read more continue reading

Brexit and its contagion

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Bill Priest, CEO and co-CIO at New York-based Epoch Investment Partners, manager of the Grant Samuel Epoch Global Equity Shareholder Yield Funds, provides an update with two subjects — Epoch’s... Read more continue reading

BetaShares Half Year 2016 Australian ETF Review: ETF industry growth steadies in the first half

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The Australian exchange traded fund industry has expanded during the first half of 2016, recording assets of $22.5 billion at the end of June, according to the BetaShares Australian ETF... Read more continue reading

King, Keynes and Knight: Insights into an uncertain economy

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One small footnote to the Brexit controversy: It has invigorated my interest in Lord Mervyn King’s concept of radical uncertainty. As the former governor of the Bank of England laid... Read more continue reading

Past SMSF advice and practices by accountants will be a PI and legal dilemma post July 1

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Industry consultant John Wiseman predicts that the ‘head in the sand’ approach many accountants and SMSF trustee/members chose to adopt leading up the expiration of the July 2016 exemption is... Read more continue reading

Gold ETFs shine as investors rush to safety

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Australia’s exchange traded product (ETP) industry experienced negative (-A$54m) outflows of funds in June for first time this year according to ASX monthly ETP data, reflecting investors’ risk aversion. Despite... Read more continue reading

Australia bonds deliver yet again – PIMCO

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As we close the books on another Australian financial year, we make a striking observation: Over the last eight financial years, bond returns have exceeded equity returns on average by... Read more continue reading

SMSF: Three questions commonly asked when establishing an SMSF corporate trustee

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We are regularly asked these three questions by clients either setting up a new fund with a new corporate trustee or wanting to change their trustees from individuals to a... Read more continue reading