EDITORIAL

IOOF has reported a six per cent decline in net profit in difficult markets, but is already seeing benefits from the DKN acquisition....

Portfolio administration firm Praemium has announced a $3.3 million net loss before tax for the first half of the 2011/12 financial year....

Perpetual has reported a 25 per cent profit drop but looks to a more positive future....

AIA Australia has reported a 21 per cent growth in premiums and a 27 per cent growth of total assets for the year ended 30 November 2011....

SFG Australia has announced a 5 per cent increase in net profit after tax, boosted by cost savings from the integration of Snowball Group and Shadforth Financial Group....

Peter Labrie outlines some of the key evolutions that will affect platforms in the years ahead....

Dominic McCormick explains why passive funds are not a low risk portfolio approach....

There is considerable asset allocation bias with SMSF trustees. This is likely to lead to disappointing performance at best, and widespread disasters at worst, according ...

One of the areas where the cycle of pessimism and optimism offers regular interesting opportunities is listed investment companies, writes Dominic McCormick....

Select Asset Management’s Dominic McCormick says it’s time investors reduced their reliance on simplistic risk categories in asset allocation....

If Bill Shorten did not already have enough reason to announce appropriate transition periods for the implementation of FOFA and the Stronger Super legislation, he might ...

According to APRA, ASIC will ultimately be responsible for acting on any breaches around advertising such as the Industry Super Network’s 'compare the pair' campaign....

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