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

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