Q&A on Brexit: What’s next for markets, banks, the global economy and buying opportunities

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In the following Q&A, portfolio managers Andrew Balls, Mike Amey, and Philippe Bodereau discuss PIMCO’s outlook for the UK and the European Union amid Brexit, and assess global ramifications. Q:... Read more continue reading
04 Jul 2016

Managed portfolios poised to fix the SMSF asset imbalance

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A new world of global opportunities is opening up to self-managed super funds (SMSFs) through the latest product innovation to reach the platform space. SMSFs’ traditionally limited allocation to international... Read more continue reading
30 Jun 2016

Only 31% of Australians have income protection insurance

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Is your car insured? Over 83% of Australians say ‘Yes’. Is your home insured? Probably. Is your largest income producing asset insured? Probably not. Research collated by Lifewise.org.au shows that only 31%... Read more continue reading
28 Jun 2016

All that glitters is gold

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It was recently reported that a man in the United Kingdom sold all his investments and bought almost $2 million in gold bars and buried them in his backyard. He... Read more continue reading
28 Jun 2016

Uncharted territory: What Brexit means for global equities

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The U.K. vote to exit the European Union ushers in a new era of uncertainty that is likely to persist for some time. The significance of this event cannot be... Read more continue reading
27 Jun 2016

Is it cartel behaviour that is creating Life Insurance limbo for consumers and small business?

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All stakeholders in the Life Insurance industry sit in costly, destructive limbo because common-sense, consumer-focused resistance to faultily designed ‘reforms’ has stalled the passage of the LIF (Life Insurance Framework)... Read more continue reading
24 Jun 2016

John Wiseman predicts SAFs to become a serious consideration for planners and investors post July 2016

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Industry consultant John Wiseman firmly believes that in the SMSF sector, little understood superannuation solution small APRA Funds (SAFs) will be considered far more favourably and seriously by planners and... Read more continue reading
23 Jun 2016

Home equity release crucial to fund retirees with insufficient superannuation balances

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Financial concerns are escalating amongst pre and current retirees as the reality of underfunded superannuation balances and inadequate savings is becoming a reality for far too many mature age Australians... Read more continue reading
23 Jun 2016

SQM Research releases it’s market view report on the Labor Party’s negative gearing policy

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SQM Research, Australia’s most respected property investment research house, yesterday released a report into the likely housing market effects of The Labor Party’s proposal to change negative gearing. Key findings Yields... Read more continue reading
22 Jun 2016

Demand by retired Australians will challenge the financial advice landscape

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Demand from retired Australians will profoundly change the future of financial advice with planners challenged to provide solutions that capitalise and more effectively utilise the dormant wealth and value locked... Read more continue reading
17 Jun 2016