As a new mother I have experienced a world entirely new to me. Other than the continuous lack of sleep, never have I been exposed to so much advertising and marketing on all the different baby products my child “absolutely, positively” needs.  Gasp! In some ways, the marketers of these products appear to be suggesting

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A question I often ask my adviser clients is how they’re investing in international markets. The answers vary, with the majority of advisers using managed funds or ETFs and some of these also investing in specific stocks on global exchanges. Once we have discussed the how, my next question is what sort of exposures they

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Due to the strong growth and popularity of the ETF industry, ETFs receive a large amount of media coverage. While most of this coverage is positive and constructive, there are always a few ‘rogue’ articles (often written by active fund managers) which aim to point out the “dangers” of investing in these products. The primary

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In this fast-paced world in which we live, where productivity and ‘being busy’ are a constant focus I find that there is increasingly less time in the day to finish all the tasks and activities I need to do.  So, I am always on the lookout for tips and tricks that can make my life

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A couple of weeks ago, our Chief Economist David Bassanese wrote a blog on the outperformance of fundamentally weighted indices and why this has occurred. I would like to take some time this week to offer another perspective and use a real world example and explanation of how fundamental indexing works and how it differs

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Hi, my name is Mai Platts, BetaShares Account Manager – Adviser & Institutional Business, and I am addicted to technology. It took me a while to admit it, however here it is, in this very public forum. I am not ashamed to say that if I am given a choice, you’ll find me waving my

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When speaking to advisers about ETFs, there seems to be a view from some advisers that ETFs are purely tools for timing current market conditions. I would like to take some time in this blog post to hopefully dispel this idea.

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I know this blog is 95% of the time focused on exchange traded funds (ETFs), however I would like to be slightly indulgent here – very similar to my Christmas diet, and take this post on a slight tangent. In the past few months I have been inundated with invitations from my nearest and dearest

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Since my last blog post a number of notable events have occurred. The Bachelor has narrowed his potential life partner down to 5 candidates, the Hot Plate has announced a winner destined for ultimate foodie and endorsements glory, and last, but not least, we have all survived the market sell off a couple of weeks

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When I’ve caught up with friends this week, the key issues we’re ‘chewing the fat’ about are the shenanigans of the U.S. presidential election,  which contestants will make the Final 5 of Masterchef and what new Paleo fad, Atkins diet or juice cleanse we’re taking on. In my meetings and conversations with financial advisers however, the main

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