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Three Clime funds get strong SQM rating

Clime rating SQM

SQM research has awarded a superior rating for three wealth offerings from Clime Investment Management.

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Investments, Retirement

Plan asset allocation as if you’ll live to 100

retirees asset allocation

Retirees should plan on living to 100 and adjust their asset allocation away from growth assets and toward defensive the closer they get to that figure.

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Investments

Cashed-up investors not always clued-up

high net worth investors unsophisticated

Many high net worth investors are unsophisticated in their choice of investments, with a new survey indicating they opt for Australian shares, cash and term deposits. The survey, released by financial advice firm Crestone Wealth Management, found 81 per cent held cash in their portfolio, alongside Australian shares (56.4 per cent) and direct residential property […]

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Investments

La Trobe unveils short-medium-term yield product

La Trobe yield product

La Trobe Financial has released a new product designed to improve investor yield in a low interest rate environment.

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Investments, Residential Property

Property development not about capital growth

Property development investments

Property development investments have the potential to produce positive returns regardless of their market cycle position, an investment expert says.

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Investments

ESG considerations can protect capital

ESG protecting capital

Trustees who take ESG issues into consideration as part of their investment decisions have a better chance of protecting their capital.

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Investments, Retirement

Longevity putting pressure on income investments

longevity pressure on income investments

Longevity in retirement will put pressure on income investments which are currently struggling to break even in a low-return environment.

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Investments, Superannuation

Where to now for SMSFs?

With the coming and going of the 2019 federal election, many SMSF trustees will have breathed a huge sigh of relief several Labor Party proposals that may have negatively affected their SMSF are – for now – off the political agenda. The proposal to ban refunds of excess franking credits that would have impacted on […]

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Investments

Transportation worth a new look

Changes to worldwide banking regulations, along with low correlations to other asset classes, have made transportation assets an investment class individuals should consider for portfolio allocations, a global fund manager has said.

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Investments, Retirement

PM labels franking credit proposal as theft

The Prime Minister has pushed back on Labor’s franking credit proposal, branding it as theft and an unfair tax grab.

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