Lifeplan enhances NextGen Investments

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Following growing interest in investment bonds, Lifeplan has updated its leading investment bond offering, NextGen Investments, with eight new investment options and an additional rebate tier. Matt Walsh, head of... Read more continue reading

How Domacom helped mum-and-dad investors become part-owners of the world’s biggest pastoral estate

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When crowd-funder DomaCom began its book build to acquire the iconic Kidman Station late last year, it had no idea of the level of interest it would generate. For the... Read more continue reading

Election result sends message to politicians – keep your hands off super

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The election result has sent a clear message to all political parties – keep changing superannuation policy at your electoral peril, says Olivia Long, CEO of SMSF administrators Xpress Super... Read more continue reading

Super – Tips and traps

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Ever wondered why you can’t withdraw an asset from your self-managed super fund (SMSF) in lieu of your withdrawal benefit? It’s because the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth) (SIS)... Read more continue reading

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

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

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

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

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

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