BetaShares Australian ETF Review: Year End 2013

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ETF industry records highest ever annual growth in FuM The Australian exchange traded fund (ETF) market recorded its highest ever annual growth in 2013, with funds under management increasing by... Read more continue reading

Global ETF and ETP assets reached US$2.4 trillion, a new record high, at the end of 2013

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US$24.5 billion net inflows in December and positive market performance pushed assets in the global ETF/ETP industry to a new record high of US$2.4 trillion at year-end 2013, according to... Read more continue reading

Saxo Bank publishes its investment outlook for Q1 2014

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Emerging Asia will become the world’s primary weak spot in 2014, but we have reached the beginning of the end of this crisis Saxo Bank, parent company of Saxo Capital... Read more continue reading

Secret money stashes no substitute for life insurance

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Consumer research into the financial behaviour of Australians has found that an equivalent of 300,000 married and de facto couples admit having secret bank accounts without the knowledge of their... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital invests in New York City power generation facility

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AMP Capital’s Infrastructure Debt Funds I and II (IDF I and IDF II) have successfully closed a US$100 million subordinated debt financing for New York City-based Astoria Project Partners, a... Read more continue reading

Wholesale client tests too complex for SMSFs

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Six different ‘wholesale client’ tests and three different ‘sophisticated investor’ tests currently apply to financial services clients and deciding whether self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees are wholesale or retail is... Read more continue reading

International share funds return 34% – Zenith explains where to from here

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While 2013 isn’t quite over yet, global and emerging markets have returned far greater results than one would have expected at the start of the year.  One year returns (as... Read more continue reading

Video: What’s happening in Australian small and mid-caps right now?

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James Abela, Portfolio Manager of the Fidelity Future Leaders Fund, shares where he is finding opportunities in Australian small- and mid- cap stocks.... Read more continue reading

Negotiating aged care accommodation bonds – December 2013 update

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This is an update of an article last updated in July, 2013. This update addresses recent changes in legislation. Too often articles and information published on aged care focus on... Read more continue reading

Retirement back on the agenda for trustees

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Retirement is back on the agenda for many Australians over the age of 55 according to Australia’s leading SMSF adviser, Crowe Horwath. Susie Salmon, Head of Superannuation & SMSF for Crowe... Read more continue reading