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BetaShares launches new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
ETF provider BetaShares has added two new exchange traded funds to its growing stable. The new products are BetaShares Global Gold Miners ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: MNRS) and BetaShares Global Banks ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: BNKS). Both are hedged ...

Australia tanks in global dividend index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Australian income seekers have been whacked by the downturn in the mining sector, with high a profile dividend cut from BHP Billiton leading to Australia tumbling down the Henderson Global Dividend Index in the first quarter. In Australia, dividends ...

Competitive forces driving US pension fees down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... superannuation system, members pay an average of 101 basis points for their investment and administration fees. McNabb said most Fortune 1000 companies pay around 50 basis points at the expensive end. One company that's lowering retirement plan costs ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
US personal income and outlays Sluggish US personal income and spending data have doused speculations of an April rate hike - prompted by St. Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments last week that, "You get another strong jobs report, it looks ...

Employer fiduciary responsibility could halve super fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... superannuation system, members pay an average of 101 basis points for their investment and administration fees. "Most Fortune 1000 companies pay around 50 basis points at the expensive end. Smaller companies pay more but technology can bring that cost ...

Reducing concessional contribution caps would hurt: SMSFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said any political move to reduce the ability for people to make pre-tax superannuation contributions would unfairly hurt generations X and Y "who have not had the opportunity to build their superannuation ...

Investment analysts overpaid and mostly redundant: Moore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... analysts to track an index? It's because it's the first thing external people ask. Big asset managers pay these guys a fortune and they don't do anything," he said. "At any one time there're only a few areas of the market that are mis-priced. All the ...

Advisers halt HNW slide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... significant role in minting millionaires," said Guiamatsia. "Over 60,000 Australian HNWs indicate the main source of their fortune to be profits made from their property investments, up from 30,000 in 2013." "Direct shares and property make up two thirds ...

Share market risk returns are a lucky dip: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
Investing in equities over government bonds is equivalent to taking a spin on the wheel of fortune according to research published jointly by Challenger and Drew, Walk & Co. The research says equity risk premiums (ERP) - the additional equity return ...

Embrace change to stay relevant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... innovate. Pointing to Cisco Systems executive chair John Chambers' controversial estimate that 40% of companies on the Fortune 500 would not exist in ten years, McQueen explored "what separates the enduring from the endangered." He used the example of ...