Content provided by Zagga In this short webinar, Zagga CEO & Co-Founder, Alan Greenstein, provides a brief introduction to commercial real estate debt (CRED) and explains how this subset of the broader Private Debt asset class is experiencing strong growth globally. Given the low-return environment we have experienced of late, sophisticated investors are looking to options…
December 6, 2021
What to look for when choosing a gold ETF
December 2021 Content provided by The Perth Mint Content provided by The Perth Mint In the last 15 years, gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) have become an increasingly popular way for investors, including SMSF trustees, to gain exposure to the precious metal in their portfolio. Australia was at the forefront of the development of the…
November 29, 2021
SMSFs & Crypto: The unlikely relationship that’s soaring
Written by Shane Stevenson, CEO, Cointree When cryptocurrency started trading in 2009, it was certainly not front of mind for SMSF investors, especially those in retirement. Even after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008, they remained wedded to those traditional mainstays of their portfolios – fully franked Australian blue chips, cash and fixed deposits,…
November 26, 2021
Issue 27: Understanding investment product structures (Part 3): Property
In our September article on Understanding investment product structures, we started talking about investment product structures at a high level and last month we talked about which type of structure may suit you if you were to invest in an asset class, such as Australian equities, in our article creatively titled ‘Understanding investment product structures…
November 23, 2021
Office space still has an investment role to play post COVID
Content provided by Thinktank Written by Per Amundsen, Head of Research, Thinktank When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, one of the most obvious impacts on day-to-day life was the exodus of office workers from CBD offices. These hustling, bustling centres of commercial activity became pale imitations of their former selves, prompting the inevitable…
November 23, 2021
Investing in Asia: the rise of the middle class in Asia
Content provided by VGI Partners Asia is at an inflection point too important to ignore. It is already the world’s largest economic region and is forecast to deliver around two thirds of global growth over the next two decades. More importantly, from an investment perspective, the region is also seeing a transition due to the…
November 18, 2021
What do you need to know about adding gold to your SMSF?
November 2021 Content provided by The Perth Mint Content provided by The Perth Mint Interest towards including gold as part of your superannuation investment is growing, but there are some key questions to ask to understand which options might be right for you. Compulsory superannuation turns 30 this year, a milestone that means most working…
November 10, 2021
Immigration: The key to growth?
Content provided by Msquared Capital Written by Paul Miron, Managing Director, Msquared Capital Australia has been blessed over its economic history, weaving and dodging through major financial crises relatively unscathed. It entered the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused the most severe global economic shock since the Great Depression, from a position of extreme strength: the…
November 9, 2021
SMSFs & Property series (Part 3): SMSFs and co-owning property with related parties – What you need to know
SMSF & Property Series: Part 3 Written by Mary Simmons, Technical Manager, SMSF Association In Part 1 of our property series, we explored the issues associated with SMSF trustees purchasing real property outright where sufficient wealth has been accumulated in the fund. However, with reduced contribution caps and members’ total superannuation balances limiting the future…
October 27, 2021
Issue 26: Understanding investment product structures (Part 2): Equities
In our September article on Understanding investment product structures, we finished up with a question around which type of structure may suit you if you were to invest in an asset class such as Australian equities. There is no one answer to this question, for any number of reasons; not in the least of which…