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FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
As the SMSF rush slows down, Laura Millan asks whether individual funds will withstand harsher market conditions and reviews member direct investment options. It is a known fact that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) outperformed funds regulated by the ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... decision to postpone the rate rise is keeping the world on hold. With volatility set to increase ahead of the rate hike, Laura Millan looks at the global investment opportunities. Just when everyone thought it would happen, as the market had priced in ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
In a world where beating the benchmark is not enough, investors need to target returns above inflation. Laura Millan asks industry leaders how to succeed in the current economic environment. There was a time when investing was a matter of coming up ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... growth for years. But the great investment opportunity is full of traps and markets often fall in erratic behaviours. Laura Millan asks eight key questions to understand Asia and to invest safely in this success story. Why should I invest in Asia in ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... of his career, today State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Investment Solutions Group for Asia Pacific tells Laura Millan that he has learnt to relax watching Youtube videos of economists. "It's almost appalling," Wills says of his secret hobby. ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... economy. Until the Asian giant is included in the world's main indices, it remains the dragon in the investment room. Laura Millan asks: China investment or divestment? China's economic growth is at the heart of all discussions. To BlackRock's head of ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... European peripherals. But as always in Europe, things are much more complicated than what they seem at first sight, Laura Millan writes. In the investment world, it is easy to think of Europe as one large, uniform region. Other areas of similar size ...

PROFILE: IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... last decade alone. But Kelaher's career in financial services started far away from newspaper headlines, he tells Laura Millan. Kelaher started practicing law shortly after graduating with a bachelor of law and economics at Monash University. "I decided ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... customers. "It taught me it was an area I didn't want to be in. I didn't want to be on my feet all day", he tells Laura Millan. He also learnt that "some people are guilty of equating hard work with output. But I think it is silly to suggest that in ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... Melbourne to Sydney. Now, a similar frenzy has taken over investors and, as some talk about the opportunities in India, Laura Millan asks if it's not already too late to invest in Asia's other giant. "India faces a once in a generation fork in the road," ...
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