3% is the new 5% for the Australian cash rate

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Over the past five years, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has cut the cash rate from a high of 4.75% in 2011 to a low of 1.50% in August... Read more continue reading

SMSF trustees ditch equities in favour of property and cash

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SMSF trustees have diversified away from international and domestic equities, instead favouring property investments and opting to hold more in cash reserves, according to the SuperConcepts SMSF Investment Patterns Survey.... Read more continue reading

Don’t let your investments fall at the final hurdle

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With the Olympics starting this week, AMP Capital is forecasting its gold, silver and bronze-medal winning investments in this low interest rate environment. In line with AMP Capital’s forecasts, the... Read more continue reading

Investors disappointed but still some reasons to remain optimistic

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Investors were disappointed after the Bank of Japan’s latest efforts to stimulate the economy failed to excite market participants; the US reported weak second-quarter GDP data; and oil prices took... Read more continue reading

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