The Money Puzzle

Share markets have absorbed the latest Fed Fund rate hike quite well, with the US down 17% this year and the ASX down 12% we take the pulse for active investors In this episode James Kirby and Will Hamilton of Hamilton Wealth Partners look at why Australia is doing relatively better than Wall Street, the missing ingredient for a share market rebound, the new climate for bond investors and can you plan to put your home in a self managed super fund?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's US inflation figure challenges the fragile consensus that inflation and rates are about to drift lower - for investors it's time to tune in. In this episode James Kirby and economics correspondent Pat Commins look at the following - Why rates are rising at the same time as inflation, the new reality for renters, are you getting your super paid properly? and why wages are so slow to lift.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Super fund CEOs are warning inflation will erode returns and they can't be expected to do as well as recent years: But private investors are not under the same stress, they just need to get it right over the long term: 'We've forgotten that inflation is normal," says top rated adviser, Charlie Viola from Pitcher Partners. Send questions or comments to moneycafe@theaustralian.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Future Fund’s CEO Raphael Arndt and chairman Peter Costello are notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to which investments win or lose for the nation’s most important investment vehicle each year. But this year they outlined how hedge funds had gone a long way to cushion overall returns.  In discussion, how macro hedge funds hit it out of the park for the Fund Fund, a hunting guide to alternative funds for the everyday investor, local investors take a bath on Bed Bath and Beyond Inc and will financial advice get cheaper if they loosen the rules? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's special episode covers money issues for Australians abroad or anyone who has international investment queries. Financial adviser, Dr Doug Turek of Minchin Moore, joins James Kirby to discuss how to manage your Super if moving overseas, checking out the Bali tax break - living there and paying no Australian Tax... and receiving an inheritance from another country? Watch for tax treaties,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Caroline Gurney the CEO of Listed Investment Company, Future Generation, joins The Australian's Wealth Editor James Kirby in this episode. Discussing listed investment companies...how they work, 'Untied funding' - trusting the charity to do the right thing and what happens when a company delists from the ASX?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Kirby talks to Tim Mackay, advisor at Quantum Financial Services. Topics discussed include the qualification you want your advisor to have, should you bother becoming a Sophisticated Investor? Why four out of ten financial advisers have quit the industry and can you put your house in your Self Managed Super Fund? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leah Bennett, financial crime manager at Australian Catholic Super and a member of the First Nations Foundation joins The Australian's Wealth Editor James Kirby on this week's show. They discuss how super access schemes kick-started a fraud frenzy, the single most dangerous moment for your super fund, the tax problem when your partner earns too much and why balanced funds don't all cost the same.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Financial adviser and author Bruce Brammall joins The Australian's Wealth Editor James Kirby on this week's show. They discuss how the RBA got it so wrong, tracking down listed investment companies and the latest on the bond market scams. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Financial advisor Liam Shorte of the Verante Group joins The Australian's Wealth Editor James Kirby on this week's show. They discuss updates on changes to super, home grants and downsizing, bond funds fraud alerts, chasing overseas and the perils of income protection insurance.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.