For those who do not wish to visit a financial planner or those who simply want a quick response without having to go through lots of discussion, here is a very good website that offers fund comparisons. It is the Chant West “Applecheck” site. It focusses on more than just returns, and is an extremely good…
Investor Corner
Notes and discussion on all issues facing those seeking to earn a return by investing their money
Understanding Superannuation Fund Returns
I’m sorry, that was just sooooo funny that i almost choked even as i was typing it. ‘Understanding’ is not a word usually associated with superannuation funds, never mind understanding anything about the investment returns achieved by those funds. APRA (the government body charged with supervision of a lot of these areas) has just released…
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Power, Money and Money and Power
As a bemused bystander to the current global financial turmoil (“GFT”, being a close cousin to the more familiar “GFC” or Global Financial Crisis), have you ever paused to consider just what the very big picture may be telling us about the times we live in? Given that this is a very broad musing, it…
Legislating to ban commissions on superannuation
For many years various pressure groups around the country have been trying to have legislation brought in to ban the payment of commissions from superannuation accounts. Pressure has mounted even further as links are drawn between commissions generated and the recent failures of MIS scheme operators Great Southern and Timbercorp, as well as the demise…
Common sense is not so common – Timbercorp/ Great Southern
The demise of Timbercorp and Great Southern has highlighted the difficulties of running an investor-focussed regulatory environment in a capitalist based system. For once, i will be brief. The agricultural projects operated by Timbercorp and Great Southern on behalf of grower-investors are presided over by a “RE”, or Responsible Entity. It is the job of…
