Opinion

Marius Wentzel, Head of Client Solutions & Distribution at AMP and Graeme Colley, Executive Manager, SMSF Technical and Private Wealth from SuperConcepts delivered an insightful presentation this week, offering an update on the macroeconomic outlook and an EOFY checklist for SMSF trustees. Disruption caused from COVID-19 to local economy and the fast-approaching financial year end,…

Inflation and rate rises are back on the table it seems, after this week’s US Federal Reserve Board meeting, Chairman Jerome Powell indicated that rate hikes could come in 2023, but no mention of when scaling back of bond buying would begin. His comments took markets by surprise signalling a change in policy sooner than…

Around 20% of Australians are providing false information to banks when applying for loans. That’s according to a report from Experian, the world’s largest credit reporting business. Why are they doing it? According to reporting by the Australian Financial Review it’s because they don’t want to be rejected for a loan by the bank. The stats revealed…

Fixed interest manager Colchester Global presented ‘Putting the income back into fixed income’ to investors focusing on the current state of traditional fixed income markets. PM and Head of Risk and Analytics at Colchester, Alberto Martin, explains why fixed income is topical highlighting that ‘over the last decade, income has become a bit like the…

Company dividends have been on a quick and steady path to recovery from pandemic lows, with the potential for further “upside surprise” in certain sectors and stocks, according to Ausbil Investment Management. Portfolio manager for the Ausbil Active Dividend Income Fund, Michael Price, said “The outlook for dividends is now showing a rebound towards previous…

Independent fund manager Barwon Investment Partners, which manages more than $2 billion on behalf of their clients, is to launch the Barwon Disability Accommodation Fund. The property and impact investment fund is open-ended in structure and will target wholesale investors seeking returns from properties in the Australian specialist disability accommodation (SDA) sector, under the National…

GMO has hit back at critics of its bearish seven-year forecasts, saying “great companies with great narratives can still experience price movements that are too great.” GMO compared asset class forecasts from the seven-year period leading up to March 2000 with forecasts from 2014 onwards, noting that asset prices have both grown around 70 per…

In April 2021, 5.2 million Australians shopped online, according to Australia Post’s 2020 eCommerce Industry Report. It’s no secret that Covid-19 changed not just Australian retail, but retail operations around the world. The move to e-commerce was brought forward by two to three years and took place at a rapid pace, out of need rather…

Fear is a great selling tool; it may in fact be the best. This is a commonly accepted fact when it comes to media, particularly in relation to financial matters. Headlines that highlight the “$50 billion dollars lost” when the share market falls tend to forget to mention that the market is valued at more…

Catapult Group International (ASX: CAT), the Melbourne based sports performance technology company, recently released its financial results for the year ending March 31, 2021 (FY21). Catapult has been around since the early 2000s, developing sports technology for elite sports athletes to measure and analyse performance. The last year has been a challenging one for the…

The recovery from 2020’s “massive period of turbulence” hasn’t lifted all boats, and there are still plenty of bargains to be had if you know where to look. Gareth James, Morningstar’s Sydney-based equity research strategist, expects Link Administration Holdings (ASX: LNK) , for instance, to bounce back from “a tough few years” of regulatory changes…

The end of the financial year is closing in fast after what has been a tumultuous period for many in Australia. Despite a reasonably uneventful year for superannuation legislation and policy changes, opportunities abound for superannuants and investors of all kinds. One of the most important roles of a financial adviser is to prompt and…