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Balanced portfolios better than chasing winners: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... Australian residential investment property outperformed all other asset classes across both periods, including Australian shares.

Leave dividend imputation system as is: Plato

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... pleased charities and not-for-profits are exempted from the changes, low income earners with small holdings in Australian shares will be worse off. He added the proposals were "very discriminatory," particularly against SMSFs. Members of mature superannuation ...

Royal Commission bad for super: Switzer

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... that at 31 December 2017, not-for-profit funds - 54% of which are industry funds - held about $200 billion in Australian shares. Industry funds alone held about $120 billion and it suggests about $40-50 billion invested in bank stocks comes from these ...

Unions lobby super sector to cut big bank, AMP ties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... that at 31 December 2017, not-for-profit funds - 54% of which are industry funds - held about $200 billion in Australian shares. Industry funds alone held about $120 billion and it suggests about $40-50 billion invested in bank stocks comes from these ...

Vanguard launches two active factor ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... investment portfolio." Vanguard recently noted that ETFs maintained liquidity and picked up trading volume even as Australian shares plunged in February. In the week ending February 9, ETF trading volumes tripled normal activity on Australian primary ...

BetaShares corners market with super-cheap Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... cost is half of the current lowest-cost Australian equities ETF on the market, likely referring to the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF. The ETF is expected to commence trading later in April. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur said the new ...

New super fund joins forces with GBST

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... changes in value over the short term." It comprises a 25% allocation to Australian residential property, 17% to Australian shares, 24% to international shares, 4% to global infrastructure, 25% to fixed interest and 5% to cash. It has an investment fee ...

Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... opposed "tweaking the tax system." The proposed changes will penalise investors who prefer high dividend-paying Australian shares where the 30% corporate tax has been paid already to the ATO, the ASA said. ASA chief executive Judith Fox said: "The potential ...

ETFs a winner in February market slump: Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
ETFs maintained liquidity and picked up trading volume even as Australian shares plunged in February, according to latest research from Vanguard's Australian ETF Capital Markets division. In the week ending 9 February, ETF trading volumes tripled normal ...

Unlisted property top performer in 2017: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... found Australian unlisted property funds generated total returns averaging 23.4% in the year to December 2017. Australian shares on the other hand delivered returns of 7.7% per annum, while other asset classes underperformed on a risk-adjusted basis. ...