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Men more confident than women in managing SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
Although women account for 47% of SMSF trustees, they are less confident than men in managing their fund (83% to 62%), according to new research report produced by Commonwealth Bank and the SMSF Association. Released ahead of the SMSF Association's ...

Parametric exploring super smart beta

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... think smart beta is just like passive and therefore carries a small tax rate "but actually that's really not true." "There's a big tax drag. It's more like an active manager tax drag," Briant said. Bouchey said for a fully active portfolio that has between ...

Small not feeling beautiful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
While continued US labour market strength supports the Fed's decision to lift interest rates back in December and its forecasts for more lifts this year, weakening activity indicators released since - not to mention still below target inflation - indicate ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... more collaboration and sponsorship of financial technology from the incumbents," Macdonald said, adding that the mentality of big business has turned more forward-thinking following Malcolm Turnbull's recent innovation statement. Addressing the threat ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
US asset management giant PIMCO is most concerned about a slowdown in China, deflation and central banks not having the necessary firepower to mitigate further economic shocks. Despite those risks, the fund manager's base asset allocation is overweight ...

HLB Mann Judd launches estate planning

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... copy of the will and writing to every single beneficiary to check if they are making a claim on the super - is probably a big enough admin task for them at the moment let alone trying to capture all the other elements and assets that an individual might ...

Financial Synergy makes big play in big data

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
The latest move in to big data analytics by superannuation software provider Financial Synergy is being touted as one that will help transform the industry in Australia. The firm announced a partnership with NASDAQ-listed software company OpenText yesterday ...

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... pencilled this in when crude prices recovered above the US$30 a barrel mark. What markets weren't expecting was the surprise big drop in the US dollar. This is a plus for oil and other commodity prices. But what caused the sharp reversal in the US dollar ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
A week and a day after equity markets welcomed Super Mario Draghi's announcement that the European Central Bank (ECB) would "review and possibly reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March in order to secure a return of ...

Investors can expect "reasonable" year despite gloom

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... digits including dividends but it will be a very uneven share market and one very much for stock pickers." He did warn that a big drop in the housing market would put pressure on bank dividends but maintained that he is a "very relaxed holder of bank ...