The BetaShares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund has been a popular fund among SMSF and retiree investors, however investors have recently noticed that returns have lagged the market. Over the past year, the fund’s distribution yield was 11.8 per cent. And
Taxpayers can look forward to their tax rate increasing by an average of 2.3 percentage points over the next four years, according to estimates prepared by the Parliamentary Budget Office The PBO looked at expected changes in average personal income
High-performance equity fund manager Forager Funds has sold out of a number of its Australian stock positions and is in the process of selling more. The fund has increased its cash position to 37 per cent over the past few
Digital investment adviser Stockspot reckons that most of the difference in managed fund performance can be put down to fees. Stockspot has issued its latest Fit Cat Funds Report, a rating of after-fee funds performance over one, three and five-year
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has launched an offer of hybrid securities, seeking $300 million of funds with the option to raise more. Converting Preference Shares 4 (CPS4) are fully paid, non-cumulative, converting preference shares and will qualify as additional tier
The impact on ANZ’s future earnings of the sale of part of its wealth management business will be “broadly neutral to slightly dilutive”, according to Macquarie Securities, which has maintained an ‘outperform’ recommendation on ANZ stock. Macquarie says it see
Couples that go through a divorce only start to recover financially after five years and even then a significant gap between the financial footing of a divorced couple and a married couple still remains. The break-up of a relationship can
The idea that infrastructure assets are ‘bond proxies’ and will perform poorly when interest rates rise is an overly simplistic view of the asset class and its dynamics, a leading infrastructure fund manager says. This issue has had plenty of
The Queensland Supreme Court has ruled that an unsent text message is an official will. The draft message said that Mark Nichol’s intention was for his assets to be left to his brother and nephew, rather than his wife and
Q: I have been advised that since the introduction of the $1.6 million transfer balance cap, the Australian Taxation Office is cracking down on SMSF valuations, looking for more timely valuation updates from more reliable sources. What is the ATO
The BetaShares Australian Dividend Harvester Fund has been a popular fund among SMSF and retiree investors, however investors
Taxpayers can look forward to their tax rate increasing by an average of 2.3 percentage points over the
High-performance equity fund manager Forager Funds has sold out of a number of its Australian stock positions and
Digital investment adviser Stockspot reckons that most of the difference in managed fund performance can be put down
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has launched an offer of hybrid securities, seeking $300 million of funds with the
The impact on ANZ’s future earnings of the sale of part of its wealth management business will be
Couples that go through a divorce only start to recover financially after five years and even then a
The idea that infrastructure assets are ‘bond proxies’ and will perform poorly when interest rates rise is an
The Queensland Supreme Court has ruled that an unsent text message is an official will. The draft message
Q: I have been advised that since the introduction of the $1.6 million transfer balance cap, the Australian
