Macquarie Private Wealth recommends a focus on certainty of earnings when investing in shares in 2012, with an eye on the risk/return trade off....
BetaShares has appointed University of New South Wales lecturer Dr Tony Rumble as head of portfolio construction....
SMSF trustees have lost faith in investment markets and are increasingly turning to property and cash-related products such as term deposits, but the best long-term rewar...
Australian managed funds on average failed to outperform their respective indices in the December quarter in every major category except small companies funds, according ...
Macquarie Specialist Investments investor information for will be available on the Class Super platform for SMSF trustees under a new agreement....
Suncorp Life has developed what it describes as "an engine room for product and service development and delivery" aimed at growing its direct distribution business....
Three-quarters of Australian households believe their financial position will remain stable or improve this year, despite one-third expecting the economy to worsen, accor...
Defined benefit default funds outperformed defined contribution default funds by over half a per cent per year over the past 15 years with less volatility, according to g...
Cash holdings in SMSFs grew further in the December quarter due to uncertainty over interest rates and longer-duration term deposits not being rolled over....
One year on from the floods that devastated south-east Queensland, confusion over flood definitions means a huge number of disputes over denied flood claims is still clog...
Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....
A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...
Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...