Education
Information about investing on the Sharequity platform.
MoneySmart - Goals & risk tolerance
Choosing investment goals
You can't choose the right investment strategy until you're clear about your investments goals and timeframe. Working out your goals will help you identify the types of investments that are suitable for you and how much risk you can take.
- Set your investment goals
- Set your timeframe
- How do you feel about risking your money?
- How much risk should you accept?
ASIC Investor Toolkit
Whether you're starting out or looking to tune up your knowledge, the investor toolkit helps you with the investing essentials.
Watch the video presented by financial expert Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon and then start personalising your investor toolkit.
This toolkit:
- asks you questions that build your investing profile
- delivers a series of actions to take
- let's you create a personalised reference list that you can email
Estimated time: 10 mins
Read more...MoneySmart - Crowd-sourced funding
Investing in start-ups and small businesses
From 29 September 2017 you will be able to use crowd-sourced funding to invest up to $10,000 per year in small and medium companies to help them begin or grow their business or pay off existing debts. Here we explain the key things you should know before investing in this new way.
- What is crowd-sourced funding?
- How does crowd-sourced funding work in Australia?
- What are the risks of crowd-sourced funding?
- How to complain about crowd-sourced funding
MoneySmart
An Australian government website providing free and impartial financial guidance and tools you can trust.
The site includes:
- Financial calculators & apps
- Debt help
- Build your wealth
- Supporting older Australians
- ASIC lists
- Financial infographics
- Financial advisers & counselors, etc.
ASIC - For consumers
General information and advice to help educate, inform and protect the rights of consumers.
Find information on the following:
- Codes of conduct
- Financial literacy
- Superannuation and investments
- Banned and disqualified people
- How to complain