Managed Funds - December 9th What is The Future of Finacial Advice (FOFA)? What is FoFA? Otherwise known as “The Future of Financial Advice”, FoFA is legislation that was originally introduced by the federal Labor government in July 2012 to provide consumers with protection from deficient financial advice and,...
Managed Funds - December 8th Financial System Inquiry: expert reaction By Elizabeth Byrne, The Conversation Bank competition, increased capital levels and poorly designed taxes, such as capital gains tax and negative gearing, have been singled out for reform in the final report of the Financial System...
Managed Funds - November 4th What is the Group of 20? - G20 for Dummies With the world?s political heavyweights landing in Brisbane for the G20, what do they discuss, apart from who?s “shirt-fronting” who? Here?s a basic rundown of what global economic and financial issues are on the table: Anti-Corruption...
Managed Funds - April 22nd Wilson HTM Priority Core Fund: analysing the concepts CANSTAR speak with Andrew Dalziel, Fund Manager of the Wilson HTM Priority Core Fund, about portfolio construction.
Managed Funds - March 31st Microcaps: A project is not a business At the other end of the scale, though, are the Microcaps - the publicly listed companies with a market capitalisation below $250million AUD.
Managed Funds - March 31st Should Microcaps be a part of your SMSF? CANSTAR recently sat down with the CEO & Chief Investment Officer of Microequities Asset Management, Carlos Gil.
Managed Funds - March 25th Cormann presses "pause" on FoFA changes By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra. The government has temporarily put on hold its highly controversial dilution of consumer protections in the financial advice…
Managed Funds - March 14th Should I Get A Managed Fund? A managed investment fund may seem like something designed for middle-aged professionals with serious money, but even if you have as little as a few thousand to invest, a managed investment might be the right product...
Managed Funds - December 20th Explainer: What US Fed tapering means for markets By Harry Scheule, University of Technology, Sydney The US Federal Reserve has announced that after more than five years of support, the “tapering” of its quantitative easing program is to begin. So what will the consequences...
Managed Funds - August 12th What is a multi-manager fund? “Don't put all your eggs in one basket” is the well-known cliche and it certainly holds true with regards to investment. Diversification - ensuring that you hold a selection of different investments within different asset classes...