Australian Finance Podcast

If you’ve just finished year 12, TAFE or university, you’re probably starting to realise that the world out there is a big place (especially now that the borders are opening again). You may also be starting to realise that the place you’ve been spending the last few years of your life, hasn’t exactly prepared you for the reality of being an adult. Paying taxes, superannuation, insurance, buying a...

This Christmas at Rask Australia we’re encouraging our community to give back, and support some causes that mean a lot to us. To launch our Rask Christmas Giving Appeal, Kate Campbell and Owen Rask spoke to Peter Singer from The Life You Can Save and Doug Taylor from The Smith Family. These are two very important organisations, that are making a positive impact in our world One of the benefits of...

We talk about shares & ETFs a lot on the podcast, but on this episode Kate & Owen are opening the floor on another historically popular investment product, the mighty managed fund. As the name suggests, a managed fund is a pool of money managed by a professional fund manager. Managed funds can be a convenient and efficient way to invest, because one investment can open the door to a diversified po...

Have you ever thought about what it actually means to be an investor? In this thought-provoking and reflective episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell chats to Dr Natalie Hendry, a researcher at RMIT about her findings on how we learn about our personal finances through social platforms (Navigating uncertainty: Australian young adult investors and digital finance cultures). Natali...

In today's episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate and Owen chat to Dr Tim Crowe, a research scientist and educator that specialises in nutrition, who has literally written the textbook on nutrition. Plus, he runs the popular health podcast, Think Nutrition, which covers everything from sleep to gut health. Tim shares the simple building blocks to a healthy diet, how to stay up to date and...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell and Owen Rask share their top Australian personal finance apps for 2021 to help you save and invest, better. We often mention different apps that we've found helpful when it comes to our personal finances on The Australian Finance Podcast, but in this episode we're bringing them all together for you in one spot. From record keeping,...

One important aspect to consider when setting your financial plan is your attitude towards risk. In today's episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell and Owen Rask dive into the exciting world of investor risk profiles. They discuss what an investor risk profile is, types of investor risk profiles, why you should spend some time reflecting on your individual risk tolerance, and some...

The ETFS Semiconductor ETF (ASX: SEMI) provides investors with exposure to 30 stocks involved in semiconductor manufacturing, design and research across the world. This podcast, featuring Owen Rask from Rask and Best ETFs and Kanish Chugh from ETF Securities, profiles the SEMI ETF. Access the PDS for more information on the SEMI ETF and learn more about ETF Securities by visiting their website: ht...

Welcome back to another listener Q&A episode, where Kate Campbell and Owen Rask crack open the mailbox to answer your questions. This month we cover a great range of questions covering the role bonds and defensive assets play in an investors portfolio (including your super), how to rebalance your portfolio as you get closer to retirement, what to study for a career in finance and investing, and wh...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell & Owen Rask explore a high level overview of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG). Fortescue is a leading Australian iron ore producer, alongside their renewable green energy Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) business. Kate & Owen provide a high level overview of FMG, including the basics of iron ore, the key business lines, ESG focu...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell & Owen Rask explore the wild west of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in Australia. Kate & Owen explore what is an IPO is, whether they're worth your time, the different players involved (brokers, lawyers, investors), some of the key risks to be aware of and how to access them in Australia. Episode transcript now available via the sho...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate and Owen chat to podcast listener Chanelle, who won our Apple Watch lockdown 6.0 giveaway! Chanelle shares 10 of the things she did to level up her money and life during lockdown, including donating blood, finding a lost super account, learning to cook new dishes, building her emergency funds and listening to personal finance podcasts. Tune i...

Apple, Google, Nike, Tesla, Facebook... What do these companies have in common? They're all stocks that are listed on the US stock market! In today's episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Owen & Kate chat to Danielle Ecuyer, the author of Shareplicity 1 & 2, and an expert investor herself. In this episode we have a wide ranging conversation covering market crashes, mistakes investors fall int...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate & Owen are joined by Matt, from the popular blog, Aussie Firebug, where he share his journey to financial independence in Australia. Matt shares his experience with money growing up, his main motivations to reaching FIRE, how he calculated his investment goals and how his FIRE investment strategy has evolved over time, combining incomes with...

Interested in learning about property investing strategies from an expert mortgage broker? Well you're in luck! In today's episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Chris Bates (co-creator of the Rask Education Property 101 Course) gives us the run down on some of the unique strategies available to property investors in Australia. Kate & Owen chat to Chris about tax free primary residences, using...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate and Owen run you through the essential things you need to know about share registries in Australia as an investor, like Link Market Services and Computershare. This includes the main paperwork you’ll receive after buying a share (or ETF), why companies use a share registry and what you’ll need to set up in the registry. So what are you waitin...

In this episode of The Australia Finance Podcast, we bring Equity Mates onto the show for a wide ranging discussion on their investing journey, book launch and experience starting a media company (plus, a small Melbourne earthquake interruption). Kate & Owen chat to Alec Renehan and Bryce Leske about their pandemic project (writing Get Started Investing), some of their favourite questions to ask A...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell chats to the hosts of My Millennial Career, Emily Bowen and Shelley Johnson. As experts in the Aussie HR & recruiting world, Em & Shell share a bunch of awesome tips to make sure you supercharge you career development. From resumes and job interview, to building professionals relationships and strategic positioning yourself online, g...

In this episode of The Australia Finance Podcast, we had the pleasure of bringing Andrea Clarke back onto the show to chat about work and career trends in 2021 and how to set yourself apart in the workplace. Andrea shares her strategies for approaching our career progression and development, making sure we're improving our professional relationships, bringing up the topic of pay rises in such an u...

Stake, CommSec, Pearler, Superhero, Vanguard, SelfWealth...where to even begin? In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate and Owen dive into the world of brokerage accounts, and discuss the fees and core features on some of the hottest brokerage accounts in Australia right now. Kate and Owen discuss Stake, CommSec, Pearler, Superhero, Vanguard Personal Investor and SelfWealth. Make s...

Welcome back to another listener Q&A episode, where Kate Campbell and Owen Rask crack open the mailbox to answer your questions. This month we cover a great range of questions covering how to calculate your net worth, why companies issue new securities and then buy them back again and ETF asset allocation (especially around VDHG). Send any questions you have to podcast@rask.com.au for us to answer...

Are you trying to decide what brokerage account to open and don't know where to start? In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate and Owen dive into the world of brokerage accounts, and unpack some of the key features they might offer. We cover what brokers and brokerage accounts are, why you need one to buy shares and ETFs, some of the key factors to look for when comparing platforms...

Have you ever thought about your role as a shareholder? When we buy shares through our brokerage account, we often forget that we actually becoming shareholders of the company, and that let's us do things like vote on important decisions, attend AGMs and participate in capital raisings. In this episode Kate & Owen chat to Claude Walker about his approach to ethical investing and shareholder activi...

In today's episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate & Owen explore five reasons when you might not be ready to invest just yet, and what you should be doing with your cash instead. Over at Rask Education, we talk about investing a lot. Between our free podcasts, courses and articles, we’ve got it covered. However, the one thing we don’t discuss that often is when you shouldn’t invest. And w...

What is it really like to buy a property (during Covid no less)? We catch up with Owen's first home ownership journey, 12 months down the track. In this episode Owen shares the highs and lows of homeownership, the stress of live-in renovations, the lessons he's learnt so far about property ownership and how his thoughts on the shares vs property debate have evolved. Tune into the episode we record...