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Not everyone can directly ask one of Australia's most trusted finance brains in Paul Clitheroe for advice. I consider it one of the perks of the job.

Core-Satellite investing allows you to blend strategies, it allows for you to make your own investment decisions whilst lowering or increasing your exposure to risk and/or volatility.

Australia's open banking regime has kicked off, and it could pave the way to scoring a better deal.

InvestSMART Capped Fee Portfolio review: 'The Monthly Musing' Riding the second wave

In this week's Q&A, Eureka Report's SMSF Coach and Prime Financial Group's Managing Director of SMSF, Olivia Long, answers a number of subscriber questions relating to self-managed super funds.

Robert Gottliebsen takes an in-depth look at Transurban and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia's results and the insight it gives into the state of the economy while looking to the US where turmoil in Congress has seen a rise in bond yields.

With the onset of COVID, Zoom's daily active participants soared from 10 million to 300 million. Alex Gluyas catches up with the video conferencing giant's head of Australia and Asia Pacific, Michael Chetner, to discuss how it was forced to pivot from focusing on its main enterprise market to keeping society connected, the privacy and security issues it's faced and where Zoom fits into life post-COVID.

Following its recent listing on the ASX, Alex Gluyas speaks with the CEO of Aroa Biosurgery, Brian Ward, to discuss the company's IPO, its medical products used for soft tissue regeneration, and the expansion of its commercial operations in the US and beyond.

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.