A few people have read my earlier post on this subject of 10 year super fund returns and wondered just what point i was making… (thanks for the feedback Neil and others!). The post...
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10 Year Super Fund returns – Part II
Houses
There is a raging debate flowing through academic, economic and financial markets at the...
This is a time to be cautious of being...
There is a lot of worry and fright circulating as news and information about...
It was the best of times, it was the...
Charles Dickens penned these words as the start of his ‘Tale of Two Cities‘...
10 Year Super Fund returns – Part II
A few people have read my earlier post on this subject of 10 year...
10 Year Super Fund returns – Part II
10 Year Superannuation Returns
The front page of the Australian Financial Review today (Friday 23rd July) suggests that ‘Balanced’ Funds “have failed to keep pace with investments such as low-risk bonds and gold over the past decade even...
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Super Guarantee rate increase and financial planner fees
Now it makes a bit more sense… Why had the industry funds been making such a push for banning commissions, to the point where you could argue that their members’ funds were being used...
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Let’s look at the global position…
i don’t know about you but at this time of the year i don’t sleep all that much. A financial planner looks at the end of the financial year as a one-way farm gate – if you don’t get all of your clients’ assets and...
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Understanding the Unknown
Why do markets go up? Why do markets go down? What impact do changes have on expectations for the future? Will gold move above $2,000 an ounce? Will Greece default on its sovereign debt? Will the Chinese property market bubble burst? There are so...
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Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble…
Come on, admit it – we all love to be able to point and say, “i told you so”. Sadly, i also am all too human. Therefore, i’m going to point to an example that is already emerging of my warning that the current changes...
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Managed funds and Listed Investment Trusts
Financial planners can spend many hours agonising over exactly which investment is or is not suitable for an individual portfolio. Some clients want to participate in direct investment themselves and others want professional funds management to take care of the specific selection and administration...
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Advisor Vibes
Indexation of UK Pensions rejection by European Court of Human Rights
There’s something odd about this announcement being made late on 16 March; the day before St Patrick’s Day. But no, the President of the European Court of Human Rights is not from Ireland (although being French he may sympathise). For those not aware, some background. Those folk in Australia who are entitled to receive...
Fund Managers
Financial planners can spend many hours agonising over exactly which investment is or is...
The front page of todays Australian Financial Review (AFR) includes an article titled “Unlisted...
Fees and Bias
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