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22 September 2017

I am in Tel Aviv, gaining insights into why Israel is one of the leading start-up and innovation nations in the world. It’s driven by a complex mix of risk-taking confidence, military influences, self-determined dynamism and downright belligerence. Israelis seem proud to be called argumentative and impatient, and this pushes creativity and change.

The truth on three big indexing questions

Greg Davis
21 September 2017
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Indexing has come under increasing criticism as it has grown rapidly. Three issues dominate the arguments but the indexing benefits of low cost and diversification means active and index funds have a symbiotic relationship.

The paradox of passive investing

Greg Cooper
21 September 2017
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The rapid rise in investments into passive vehicles is having a distortive effect on markets as the flows are prone to sudden reversals. The cheap cost may come with a paradoxical result.

Investment innovation beyond the status quo

Raewyn Williams
21 September 2017
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Large super funds have been successful in delivering strong investment returns, but the changing nature of the sector means more investment innovation is necessary for continuing long-term success.

Bond demand is dumb, dumber and dumbest

Jonathan Rochford
21 September 2017
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A sign that the strong credit cycle is ending is the funding of some emerging market governments that are more than likely to default, but demand is driven by desire for yield regardless of risk.

LIC reporting season wrap for 2017

Peter Rae
21 September 2017

LICs have generally retained their dividends despite some softness in income received from underlying investments, and three prominent, longstanding LICs are worth a look at current prices.

Why the times suit active fixed interest

Jay Sivapalan
21 September 2017
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With the 35-year bull market in bonds coming to an end, passive fixed interest portfolios are at the mercy of the index’s high levels of interest rate risk and compositional skew towards low return investments.

Six ways to improve your term deposit outcome

Graham Hand
21 September 2017
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Leaving a term deposit to rollover automatically at the end of each term will almost certainly guarantee a worse return than if you read the rollover letter and do some research instead.

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