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Hamilton calls for stricter SMSF licensing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
Stricter licensing rules would better protect investors from property spruikers and unscrupulous promoters of geared investment strategies within SMSFs, according to Hamilton Wealth Management's Ian Gillies. The Reserve Bank, Australian Taxation Office ...

Emerging emerging markets concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014

ETF assets tipped to reach $13 billion in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... dividend-based ETF strategies available on the market. "Some market participants are warning that dividend investing is approaching bubble-like territory as investors continue to add exposure to help meet their income needs," she said. "We caution investors ...

SMSF borrowing under control, ATO figures suggest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... 2013. While these figures only tell the story up to September, they suggest fears that SMSFs are fuelling a house price bubble are unfounded. Graeme Colley, director of technical and professional services at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia ...

China heading for debt disaster, sure sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... rods: the European debt crisis and whatever the problems (and Asia) have would drag down Chinese growth or the housing bubble would cause the economy to collapse or over investment or over-reliance on exports or fudged trade numbers or...fudged everything. ...

Governor Carney is no monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013

SMSF regulation to remain 'light touch': Sinodinos

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... concerns about SMSF investment in property. "I think unfairly [SMSFs] have been singled out as somehow fuelling a potential bubble here. I don't think we're in bubble territory in the property sector as yet." Regarding the fact that SMSFs are generally ...

'Tis the season to be bubbly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013

Down, down, A$ stay down (please?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Tony, SBY and Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... this is again consistent with Janet's observation that while "stock prices have risen pretty robustly," they aren't in "bubble-like conditions" territory. And for my two cents worth, I can't recall a bubble popping - if indeed we are in one -- when the ...