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Why is personal investing unlike other skills?

Graham Hand
4 March 2020
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Anyone can do their own personal investing, but what makes the skill required different from other professions? It's not easy even for the experts to consistently beat the market.

Women investor numbers grow but financial education still lags

Suzie Toohey
4 March 2020

Women comprise less than one-fifth of all active online investors in Australia and while the gap is closing, the financial services sector has more work ahead to empower women from all walks of life.

Lessons from a century of virus plagues

Ashley Owen
4 March 2020
5

As sharp market falls in Australia and globally mark an end to coronavirus complacency, it's worth reflecting on the economic effects of other major pandemics of the 20th century and beyond.

Are Australian bank boards fit for purpose?

Donald Hellyer
4 March 2020
4

Many of Australia's bank directors lack crucial skills in technology, operations and HR as part of a broader shortage of experience that is as important in dodging scandals as in business success.

Quantum computing would be a world-changing technological leap

Michael Collins
4 March 2020
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Quantum computers have a theoretical ability to calculate millions of possibilities in seconds, yet it may take time before we see a breakthrough in the practical applications of sub-atomic computing.

Top three ways an SMA helps optimise tax

Andrew Stanley
4 March 2020
2

Simpler tax arrangements for investments are a key benefit of separately managed accounts, where after-tax outcomes vary from other vehicles such as managed funds and direct equities.

2020 Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year awards

Emma Rapaport
4 March 2020

Fidelity took out the top gong this year alongside other winners in Australian equities, global equities, fixed interest, listed property and infrastructure and multisector funds.

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