Yesterday
AFL players, bankers members of underperforming super funds
New figures reveal 21 super funds that could soon be labelled underperformers, a move experts say could be a ‘death sentence’ for these funds.
- Michael Read
This Month
- Explainer
- Super wars
What the biggest shake-up to super in years means for you
Australians no longer risk getting a new super fund each time they switch jobs, and will now be told directly by their fund if it is delivering poor returns.
- Michael Read
Exclusive Subscriber Offer - AFR Super & Wealth Summit
AFR subscribers receive a 20% discount on in-person and virtual tickets to this inaugural event on September 7, 2021.
Online broker a ‘scientific calculator in a market of Game Boys’
Perth-based online trading firm Marketech says it is targeting serious day traders over novices by offering better functionality.
- Jonathan Shapiro
- Exclusive
- Social media
Old-school news trumps Reddit for Millennial traders
A survey of 1395 users of the Superhero trading platform found online news was the most popular medium for Millennials to learn about investing.
- Aleks Vickovich
How this 24-year-old grew his family property portfolio to $100m
Sydneysider Wahib Wehbe fell into property investing when his father passed away. Now, he’s looking to expand his family’s investments interstate.
- Aleks Vickovich
Exclusive Subscriber Offer - AFR Cryptocurrency Summit
AFR subscribers receive a 25% discount on in-person tickets to this inaugural event on July 21, 2021.
‘Finfluencers’ at war over robo-advice deal
Influencer Maddie Walton published a series of videos and posts claiming she felt ‘deceived’ by podcaster Victoria Devine’s communications to the market about her new project.
- Aleks Vickovich
Four million Aussies set to buy into crypto
Two-thirds of prospective cryptocurrency buyers see the digital assets as a good alternative to an investment property, while one in five see it as a way of saving for a home.
- Aleks Vickovich
- Exclusive
- Funding
Fintech wants to help Millennials save by shopping online
Tanggram has raised $5 million as it targets young people to earn credit points when shopping online that convert to cash, and are then invested in term deposits.
- Yolanda Redrup
How this young dad returned 40pc in his SMSF
Working as a cyber security sales executive has given Leon Poggioli the tools to create a self-managed super fund with high returns.
- Aleks Vickovich
Best and worst ETFs of 2020 revealed
The best performing ETF over the period was ETF Securities’ ACDC fund, giving investors exposure to the supply chain for lithium batteries used in electric vehicles.
- Updated
- Aleks Vickovich
May
- Exclusive
- Online trading
Ex-Google, Macquarie duo take on passive robo-advisers
Algorithmic trader Peter Bakker and risk manager Mike Cohen aim to shake up the online investment advice market, which they say charges ‘fees for little service’.
- Updated
- Aleks Vickovich
- Exclusive
- Financial planners
Millennial podcaster switches on digital investment advice
“Finfluencer” Victoria Devine will roll out ‘robo-advice’ to her social media community of 170,000 mostly female followers priced out of wealth management.
- Updated
- Aleks Vickovich
Bitcoin more ‘baseball card than asset class’: Vanguard
The world’s second-largest asset manager has revealed a sceptical view on cryptocurrencies, saying they are too risky to include in long-term investment portfolios.
- Aleks Vickovich
Bitcoin just a ‘sideshow’: Carnegie’s crypto warning
The prominent venture capitalist says financial advisers have a duty to stop clients being duped into questionable cryptocurrency investments put forward by ‘scuz-buckets’.
- James Eyers
Why one dogecoin millionaire isn’t selling
Glauber Contessoto decided to invest his $US250,000 life savings in dogecoin in February. The value of his holdings today? Roughly $US2 million.
- Kevin Roose
Government won’t step in to counter Dogecoin or FinTok influencers
Finance Services Minister Jane Hume says ‘we have to let people make their own decisions’ if they choose to invest in Dogecoin or take financial advice from TikTok.
- Ronald Mizen
Boring is the new black for online investors
Online trading has become controversial for giving consumers unfettered access to markets, triggering the rise of ‘anti-Robinhood’ platforms betting on relative safety.
- Aleks Vickovich
What Millennials need to know about budget 2021
Beefed-up first home buyer benefits, tax cuts, childcare subsidies and favourable treatment of Wall Street fund managers are among the measures affecting Millennial and Gen Z investors.
- Aleks Vickovich, Sally Patten, Tom McIlroy and Julie Hare
