Vanguard framework takes the emotion out of the active-index choice

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Investors deciding how to allocate their portfolios across actively managed and index investments should follow clear process to avoid arbitrary decision-making, according to a new white paper from Vanguard Australia.... Read more continue reading

XTB to expand range of investment choices

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XTB, an Australian-based provider of Australian Stock Exchange-traded corporate bond units, said today it planned to expand its range of XTBs and also start a Responsible Investing separately managed account... Read more continue reading

Petrol pain; More unemployed 

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Weekly petrol prices; Census; Chinese property Petrol: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol rose by 1.5 cents to 127.4 cents a litre.... Read more continue reading

Will European politics break the market calm?

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Eric Stein, Co-Director of Global Income,  Eaton Vance, a global investment manager, notes that markets have been seemingly impervious to negative headlines and volatility, but emerging political uncertainty in Europe might... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 20 October, 2017

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly rose over the last week helped along by continuing good economic data. Eurozone shares were flat though with... Read more continue reading

CommSec State of the States – October 2017

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Overall Results How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; business investment; unemployment; construction work... Read more continue reading

Review your Will regularly to avoid accidental family drama

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It is often unintended but a Will created in the past – before grandkids, re-marriages, family disputes or upheavals, major investment or property acquisitions and even before retirement – can... Read more continue reading

UniSuper continues to attract top analysts

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UniSuper, the $60 billion superannuation fund for Australia’s higher education and research sector, recently announced the appointment of Matt Spence, Senior Analyst – Infrastructure and Andrew Hill, Senior Analyst –... Read more continue reading

ASIC releases update to evidence metrics for performance reporting

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ASIC has released updated evidence metrics to report against six common key performance indicators (KPIs) in the Australian Government’s Regulator Performance Framework (Framework). Following ASIC’s first self-assessment against the Framework... Read more continue reading

“100-year storms” have serious impact on retiree balances

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A commonly held assumption is that catastrophic financial crises – “100-year storms” – are an infrequent occurrence, but far from being a once in a century event, data shows they... Read more continue reading