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To be, or not to be, an active (or passive) investor
This is the question: is active funds management worth the effort? As far back as 1609 William Shakespeare was mulling over the active/passive conundrum in one of the most famous passages from his Netflix mini-series, ‘Hamlet’ (working title: ‘CSI Copenhagen’). “Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,”…
Should you expect to pay more tax in a FIF investment or a PIE fund?
Anthony Edmonds - InvestNow 12th June 2017 This is a great question, and one we receive often from our customers and prospective customers. If we assume that an investor has a tax rate of 33% for their FIF (Foreign Investment Fund) investments, and a PIR (Prescribed Investor Rate) of 28% for their PIE (Portfolio Investment Entity)…