Legg Mason Global Investment Survey: Conservative Aussies missing global opportunities

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Australians are vastly more conservative investors than their global counterparts, and may be missing out on key opportunities to improve returns, according to Legg Mason’s 2015 Global Investment Survey. The... Read more continue reading

TAL life insurance payouts hit almost $1 billion a year

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New figures show that Australia’s leading life insurance specialist TAL paid out more than $947 million in claims last year, an increase of around 12.5% on the previous year’s payout... Read more continue reading

Labor sends wrong message with focus on taxing earnings in the pension phase

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The Labor Party seems locked on to the idea that taxing earnings above a certain level in the pension phase is a potentially good revenue source, says Olivia Long, CEO... Read more continue reading

Investing for income – can global equities deliver? (Part 1)

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Although there are rumblings from the US Federal Reserve about increasing interest rates, as illustrated in Figure 1, interest rates of most developed economies remain at all-time lows. The most... Read more continue reading

Local economic conditions: Primary risk for Australian businesses

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Local economic conditions have trumped regulatory and legislative policies as the most prominent risk facing Australian businesses in 2014/2015, according to Aon’s most recent Australian Risk Survey. Regulatory and legislative... Read more continue reading

Seven deadly sins of estate planning

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A comprehensive, well-thought-out Estate Plan is the only way of ensuring someone’s wishes are carried out after their death but many still get it wrong, says Anna Hacker, Wills and... Read more continue reading

Europe looks to have stolen Japan’s mojo

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Australian Ethical observes indicators that track the production and movement of goods and services through an economy’s supply chain to gauge current trading conditions. Each month they update their proprietary... Read more continue reading

Centuria calls on Australians to consider their investment portfolio in light of the recent super debate

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While the recently released Tax Discussion Paper and Intergenerational Report created much needed debate around potential reforms of the superannuation system, a number of suggested changes may cause confusion among... Read more continue reading

Aon launches Connect to offer up-to-the minute risk information

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Aon has announced the launch of Connect, an online destination created to facilitate and elevate conversations about risk. The online location will house up-to-the minute content from subject matter experts,... Read more continue reading

March Australian ETF Review: Records broken for FUM and trading value

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The Australian exchange traded fund industry hit a new record high of $17.6 billion in funds under management (FUM) in March, up from $16.8 billion in FUM recorded in February,... Read more continue reading