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SMSFs could own Kidman Station

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
A crowd-funded initiative is proposing that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) raise about $360 million to acquire Kidman Station. The initiative, started by retail investment platform DomaCom and financial adviser Stephen Burgin, was set up following ...

Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... substantially and it's not just on the volume side. "So if you take the housing driver out of growth, and we still know there's a big drop in mining investment coming and very little evidence that non-mining investment is picking up - then that leads ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... will be raised this financial year - the highest amount raised in seven years. "The fintech opportunity is gigantic. It's as big as the financial services sector," Turnbull said. Turnbull's innovation statement yesterday included measures that will see ...

Super fund appetite for property funding up

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
Australian superannuation funds are stepping in to fill a funding gap for property development left by the big four banks' increased capital requirements, according to a specialist capital provider. Real estate investment management firm Qualitas, which ...

SMSFs ramp up trading in turbulent markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors are making the most of recent volatility and buying cheap when the market is low, CommSec trading data shows. CommSec SMSFs trading patterns for the week ending 28 August 2015, which included the biggest single ...

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... experience will struggle and members will look to do other things with their money. "Look at the rise of SMSFs - I think a big part of that is people saying, 'I can do better'. She added the industry may have lost sight with MySuper, somewhere between ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... within the architecture of the Eurozone. "Greece is the canary in the mine. And while the miners are in denial, they make a big fuss about the canary," he said. Pressed by the audience to reveal what happened during the night of the Greek referendum ...

Australians more reluctant to seek professional advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
A global survey shows that Australians are twice as likely to turn to family and friends for financial information as they are to seek advice from a professional. The survey was conducted by global research firm GfK on behalf of the Financial Planning ...

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... the region mostly closed higher on that day. The price of iron ore jumped 1.7%; the A$/US$ was below US$0.71;...and oh, two big major investment companies were talking up Australia too that particular day. "There is more reason for international investors ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... SDR basket. Correspondingly, the US dollar will account for 41.73% (down from 41.90%) of the total; the euro 30.93% (down big time from 37.40%); the yen 8.33% (down from 9.4%); and the pound 8.09% (down from 11.3%). Now what? Now what is, yuan appreciation ...