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Climate policy
Why it will pay for investors to go green
Ensuring your exposure to climate change risk is assessed, monitored and addressed is the best way to drive profitable long-term outcomes.
- by Tim Conly
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Sharemarket
Investors brace for $15b dividend pandemic wipeout
But it's not all doom and gloom. Some companies have been making hay boosting revenue during the COVID-19 crisis.
- by John Collett
Analysis
Sharemarket
Beware 'new paradigm' of talked-up tech stocks
A view that the rocketing demand for digital connectivity is likely to remain after the pandemic is mostly fuelling the fire.
- by John Collett
Opinion
Pension
Risk vs reward: Dilemma for retirees in low-interest world
No longer can you park your cash in a fixed-interest term deposit, sit back and enjoy the ride.
- by Stephen Miles
Investing
Dodgy investments stopped in their tracks
ASIC can now move against any financial product promoter before harm is done to investors.
- by John Collett
Analysis
Banking products
Retirees suffer as cashed-up banks cut term deposit rates
Retirees who rely on bank interest payments for income have already had a tough time but there may be worse to come.
- by Clancy Yeates
Construction
Renovating for $25,000 grant? Don't over-capitalise
A building industry rule of thumb is that the cost of improvements should not exceed about 10 per cent of the value of the home.
- by John Collett
Property development
Crunch time for off-the-plan apartment buyers as settlement risks rise
The number of properties that are worth less money after they are built than when the original contract was signed has climbed to more than 50 per cent in Melbourne and Sydney.
- by John Collett
Shares
Veteran stock picker says market bounce may not last
Investors Mutual founder Anton Tagliaferro says the Australian sharemarket might not be past its coronavirus concerns just yet.
- by John Collett
Sharemarket
Investors pile into ETFs amid market carnage
Rather than investors engaging in ETF panic selling as the market plunged, they showed considerable resolve.
- by Robin Bowerman
Opinion
Big four
Is your portfolio too heavily weighted to bank shares?
The dividend party for the Big Four appears over as their profitability and outlook are seen as in decline.
- by Arian Neiron