15 key takeouts from RBA report

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The Reserve Bank has made only subtle changes to its forecasts on inflation and no change to forecasts on economic growth. Reserve Bank general views haven’t become more negative or... Read more continue reading

SPAA supports first move to establish Council of Super Custodians

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The SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has supported the Government taking the first step to set up a Council of Superannuation Custodians. The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic & market update

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Share markets continued to move ahead over the past week helped by a combination of reasonable profit results, a further fading of the fiscal austerity fetish in Europe with France... Read more continue reading

AMP Limited reports first quarter cashflows and AUM

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AMP Limited today reported cashflows for AMP Financial Services (AFS) and AMP Group assets under management (AUM) for the first quarter to 31 March 2013. AFS net cashflows were $95... Read more continue reading

ETFs and ETPs reach all-time high of US2.13 trillion

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Record net inflows of US$83 billion through the end of April helped to push assets invested globally in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) to a new... Read more continue reading

Listed infrastructure securities can deliver diversification

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Omega Global Investors has pointed to the growth and returns of its recently launched Global Listed Infrastructure fund as evidence of the benefits of taking a risk adjusted approach to this... Read more continue reading

Outcome focused SMSFs drive greatest demand for Russell’s high dividend ETF

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Russell Investments has seen a surge in demand for its High Dividend Australian Shares ETF (RDV) with the number of individual investors doubling in the past 12 months. SMSFs have... Read more continue reading

Oliver’s Insights – Interest rates still falling, more to go

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This edition of Oliver’s Insights looks at the RBA’s latest cut to interest rates. The key points are as follows: The RBA has cut interest rates again and they are likely... Read more continue reading

Pengana: Time to ring the bell on banks vs. miners

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Potential risk to returns by having an underweight position in resources, overweight financials, especially from such extreme levels says Pengana’s Ric Ronge. The first signs of a correction between banks... Read more continue reading

ATO report backs SPAA’s position: Constant change undermines super

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The ATO-commissioned report about how to communicate about superannuation reinforces what the SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA) has been saying about superannuation – constant change weakens the system. The... Read more continue reading