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SMSFs gear up for advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... trustees continue to show a preference for direct investment and are looking for prudent ways to manage risk in uncertain times," Dale said. "While Australian shares and cash continue to dominate portfolios, low interest rates are driving interest in ...

Forward-thinking advisers benefit from opt-in deadline

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... changes. A lot of advisers have grandfather books and a lot of clients that aren't serviced. Either you keep up with the times or someone else will take your clients."

An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... of the eurozone - rejected the plea, but agreed they would discuss it further on 1 or 2 July." ( International Business Times ). Germany's iron lady, Frau Merkel said "nein" but would talk after the referendum on 5 July. To be sure, it ain't over till ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... exit from easy-money policies, that could still present an "arduous obstacle course" for other countries, The Los Angeles Times reported." "No country is an island," she said Friday at the Fed's annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. "Looking at ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... agreement here. Not surprisingly, the Russians weren't too happy and threatened countersanctions. "Furious" was how the New York Times (NYT) described it: "Kremlin officials reacted furiously Monday to the European Union's extension of sanctions on Russia ...

Sydney house prices up 5-times national average

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... Sydney property prices, the ABS latest house price index reveals the harbour city's home prices to be rising more than 5-times faster than other capitals. In the 12 months to March 2015 the ABS reported Sydney prices to be up 13% compared to 5% for Melbourne ...

Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... with the reason and the motivation to turn this deal hope into deal reality. Plus ca change... As we've seen many, many times in the past, the end would be the same. Greece teeters on the brink... then voila, a compromise is struck on the 11th hour ...

Is content king for super funds?

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... be it websites, blogs, or social media. This becomes a significant task for someone, potentially writing one story four times. Equipsuper are hiring a content marketing consultant to fill this area and help roll out the super fund's "new communication ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... Greece will exit the Eurozone - the so-called Grexit - if negotiations with its creditors do not succeed. A recent Financial Times survey of 78 institutional investors found that 34% believed that Grexit will happen before May next year. However, "Greece ...

FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... the infrastructure that a growing population and our globally-focused economy deserve." According to the audit, car travel times are expected to increase by at least 20% in Australia's most congested corridors between 2011 and 2031; and demand for public ...