Editorial

Despite growing assets under management by some $1 billion over the past year, Citigroup Asset Management (CAM), the Australian asset management business of the US-based ...

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Investors Mutual does it again with Australian equities

Investors Mutual has taken out the Australian equities category of Money Management/Assirt Fund Manager of the Year Award for the second year running....

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NAB profits hit by wealth write-down

National Australia Bank (NAB) has reported a $205 million write-down of its $6.5 billion wealth management business due to the continued lacklustre performance of global...

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Living in deflationary times

If the world enters a deflationary period, how much would we need to change our thinking about investment? Rob Keavney investigates....

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Platforms win while managed funds suffer

Craig Phillips reports on who has benefited from the shift in funds from managed funds into master trusts and wraps....

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Tip of the week:Integrated marketing – are you doing it?

Are you going all the way with your clients, or stopping at second base?...

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Is your portfolio modelling as good as you think?

Average returns are only for average people and as Jacinda Green argues, there are better ways for planners to examine the risk/return relationship in a client’s portfoli...

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Challenger confident despite profit fall

Funds management group Challenger International has a drop in its net profit posting only $35.8 million for the half year to December 2002, down from $109 million in the ...

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Investors stay home a little too often

Investors have long held a bias to investing at home and, as Lochiel Crafter writes, this is understandable but does not justify current portfolio weightings....

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Two types of people: rational ones and investors

Psychology is often the biggest obstacle to consistently successful investing, says Gordon Thoms....

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Ten reminders for clients during market downturns

Be sensitive to your clients’ concerns and address them with information that reflects their original investment objectives....

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Investor Group returns best-ever first-half profit

Investor Group overcame “extremely difficult” market conditions to deliver its best ever first-half operating profit of $8.36 million in the six months to 31 December 200...