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After its Long Short fund was named by Mercer as the top-performing fund investing in Australian shares for FY20, Alex Gluyas speaks with Principal and Portfolio Manager at QVG Capital, Tony Waters, to discuss how QVG is navigating through COVID-19, the best picks that contributed to its performance, and the filters it uses when picking stocks to long or short.

Alex Gluyas catches up with the CEO of LiveTiles, Karl Redenbach, to discuss the increased demand for its workplace collaboration technology, how this contributed to the company achieving a cash flow positive June quarter, and its focus on product innovation through artificial intelligence.

Theo Marinis explains how an account based pension is designed and meant to function and debunks some common misconceptions associated with them.

In the midst of a pandemic, when many Australians are scratching for cash, it's ironic that there is over $1 billion in lost and forgotten money waiting to be claimed.

James Kirby is joined by financial adviser Doug Turek in this week's episode of The Money Cafe for a distanced chat about how he is managing portfolios in 2020, and the haunting sense hanging over markets.

As cyber security stocks rise in response to increased government investment in the sector, Alex Gluyas catches up with the CEO of archTIS, Daniel Lai, to discuss how the market has 'woken up' to the importance of cyber security, how COVID has accelerated the value of digital transformation, and the company's cash flow positive quarter and share price surge.

This week on Talking Finance, Alex Gluyas is joined by CoreLogic's Eliza Owen to discuss the July house prices figures, while Market Analyst at IG, Kyle Rodda, explains why investors are preparing for increased volatility in August. Partner at Deloitte Access Economics, Stephen Smith, explains why private business investment is set to fall 15% this year and Political Editor at Nine Radio, Michael Pachi, talks through the political fallout of Melbourne's stage 4 lockdown.

Jim Stackpool of Certainty Advice Group explains why early withdrawals offer 2.6 million Australians a chance to take a fresh look at their financial advice and plans.

Steve Sammartino explains the economic impact that the post-COVID work from home revolution will have on real estate and wages.

COVID-19 has changed many things in our lives, and not all of them for the better. But one positive to come out of the pandemic is that Australians are talking more about money.

As the flood of share purchase plan announcements continue to flow through to the ASX, Alex Gluyas looks into which ASX200 directors have been getting involved while doing the usual rounds of insider transactions.

Recently we launched the InvestSMART Q&A section and a number of investors and visitors have found their way to there. Each month we will highlight a handful of questions. Please feel free to come along and send through a question.

In the final part of her three-part series on SMSF compliance, Lisa Papachristoforos runs through some handy tips to reduce your SMSF fees.

We've all had plenty to deal with this year, so it's no surprise that carry-forward super contributions may have passed under the radar of many pre-retirees.

After a 3000 per cent share price surge on the back of an announcement with Samsung that piqued the ASX’s interest, Alex Gluyas speaks with the Chief Executive of Etherstack, David Deacon, to see what all the fuss is about.

In part two of her three-part series on SMSF compliance, Lisa Papachristoforos runs through what information and documentation need to be provided to prepare an SMSF financials and tax return.