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Opinion on Infrastructure ETF’s

Paul Rickard

I have been looking at Infrastructure ETF’s like Magellan (MICH) and Vanguard (VBLD), after a good run for 6 months they are trading flat of late. Given that interest rates are likely to fall further and remain lower for longer why are they not continuing to trend upward?


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Advantages of Hostplus Self Managed Invest (SMI) product

Paul Rickard

Hostplus recently launched a Self-Managed Invest (SMI) product that gives SMSF investors access to investments previously available to members only. This provides benefits of investing with one of Australia’s top superannuation providers, while maintaining control of your SMSF.

Are there any particular advantages to this (new?) approach versus simply investing directly into an ETF for example?


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Plato Australian Shares Income Fund (PASIF) & Plato Income Maximiser (PL8) – Is there a difference?

Paul Rickard

Can you explain the difference between investing in the Plato Australian Shares Income Fund (PASIF) via an Application Form and buying directly into Plato Income Maximizer (PL8) which, itself, invests directly in PASIF?
I understand that PASIF charges a management fee of 0.9%, but are there any other differences?
Is it about actively versus passively managed?


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