News : Investments

Investments, Property

DomaCom announces bank pilot program

DomaCom has partnered with a big four bank to use its investing model for a pilot program.

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Investments, Platforms

BT adds CoreSeries managed accounts to Panorama

BT has launched its CoreSeries range on BT Panorama, offering six active diversified managed portfolios.

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Investments, Markets

Younger investor share trading on the rise

The number of younger investors trading shares has increased, but they are still choosing well-known names in the domestic market.

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Investments, Regulation, Superannuation

Revised PC SMSF threshold remains misleading

The SMSF industry has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s revised minimum viability threshold for SMSFs to $500,000, but one firm has warned it is still misleadingly high as a cost-effective measurement.

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Investments, Regulation

PC backs away from minimum balance position

The Productivity Commission has backed away from recommending a $1 million minimum member balance for SMSFs, but has recommended greater training for financial advisers and more disclosure around the creation of funds.

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ETFs, Investments, Portfolio Construction

ETFs to remain popular for SMSFs

A leading exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider has predicted allocations from the SMSF sector to continue to be strong in 2019, aided by other trends in the financial services landscape.

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Investments, Regulation

High price we all pay for questionable practices

The royal commission into misconduct in banking and financial services is the judicial inquiry we had to have. Everyone agrees, even the coalition government that fought tooth and nail to prevent it. Today there isn’t a politician in the land who’s not lauding what the inquiry has unveiled.

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Financial Planning, Investments, Portfolio Construction

Planners gloomy on domestic equities

A new report has highlighted the growing challenges financial planners are facing in relation to investment selection, with advisers becoming increasingly bearish in their outlook for domestic equities.

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Investments, Portfolio Construction, Retirement

SMSFs will unload Aust shares under Labor policy

A SuperConcepts survey has found almost three-quarters of SMSF trustees plan to drop Australian shares and change their investment strategy to compensate for the loss of franking credit income should Labor’s proposal to remove refundable franking credits become policy.

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ETFs, Investments

Fidante unveils active ETF suite

Investment manager Fidante Partners today launched its ActiveX offering, which will comprise a series of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETF) run by a variety of boutique fund managers.

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