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Listed Investments

What are listed investments? Listed investments are investments quoted on an exchange established for trading investment-class assets.  In Australia, equities

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documents, coinage, a calculator, and a tiny model house pread across a desk top and representing investment in mortgages under a mutual fund trust

Mortgage Trusts

What are mortgage trusts? Mortgage trusts are unit trust investments where your money is pooled with that of other investors.

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composite image with a large Centrelink logo on the left with a bubble person with a hand supporting a notice board inscribed with the words of services available through Services Australia's Centrelink - Allowances-Benefits-Payments-Pensions. Some instances require deeming rates apply to assets; even some you may have been gifting

Deeming

What is deeming? Centrelink and Veteran’s Affairs calculate your Income Test assessing income from certain assets to determine the level

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financial planner with back to camera faces a client couple sitting opposite at a small desk to present their insurance review; or perhaps their esatate planning and beneficiary nominations

Beneficiary

Defining ‘beneficiary’ for purposes of this article A beneficiary is a person who has a legal right to the use

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composite image with a large Centrelink logo on the left with a bubble person with a hand supporting a notice board inscribed with the words of services available through Services Australia's Centrelink - Allowances-Benefits-Payments-Pensions. Some instances require deeming rates apply to assets; even some you may have been gifting

Gifting

How Centrelink treats Gifting.1 In order to prevent you from simply giving away your assets to qualify for age pension

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a multi-coloured pie chart representing allocation to various investment classes including commodities, in a diversified portfolio

Commodities Investment

Commodities investment is emerging as an important component in portfolio construction Investment Strategies using Commodities within a diversified portfolio have

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