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Aug 19 2017

Why it's time to forget 'active versus passive'

The endless debate between indexing and active management is the investment community's version of the 'climate wars' being waged in politi...
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Super contributions triple in June quarter
The average amount added to super tripled in the June quarter as Australians ...
Aug 19 2017
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Property investment still 'resilient'
Despite regulatory action taken by APRA earlier this year, lending to property i...
Aug 19 2017
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Aug 18 2017
House prices on the up and up
Despite efforts by APRA to cool lending to property investors, new data from CoreLogic shows Austral...
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Aug 16 2017
Property investors resilient in the face of tighter restrictions
July saw a small increase in lending to property investors despite moves made by APRA earlier in the...
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Aug 11 2017
Decline in housing not expected for the next few years
Though many agree a fall in housing numbers is on the cards for Australia, one economist anticipates...
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Where Aussies go wrong with investing
Award-winning financial planner, Adele Martin, works specifically with investors in their 20s, 30s a...
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May 5 2017
How to avoid the dangers of 'safe' investing
Guaranteed returns and investment safe havens are a thing of the past in Australia. By sitting still...
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Apr 27 2017
How this investor built a multi-million dollar portfolio from scratch
In this week’s podcast, we are joined by Mitchell Burge - an investor with an investment portfolio...
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Family trusts are a useful investment vehicle that can be used for a range of different purposes, and the recent tightening of the superannuation rules makes th...
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Looking for alternatives to super? Think philanthropy
Far reaching changes to superannuation from 1 July 2017 will limit the amount that people can contribute to super over a lifetime, thereby limiting the substant...
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Why you should take gold advice with a grain of salt
Why you should take gold advice with a grain of salt
Investing in physical gold is not for the faint-hearted. Even gold bugs, that quaint term for investors who love the yellow metal, get it wrong. ...
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