Editorial

Residential property developments have been through one of the biggest slumps in recent times, due almost entirely to the introduction of GST....

Editorial

GST drags residential market down

Residential property developments have been through one of the biggest slumps in recent times, due almost entirely to the introduction of GST....

Editorial

Advisers must weed out non-profitable clients

Weeding out non-profitable clients is a critical part of running a successful business, however many financial planners lack the confidence to confront these clients, acc...

Editorial

Perpetual leads the pack in profit growth

Perpetual Trustees today reported a 62 per cent jump in net profit to become a stand out player in the financial services market with $27.5 million for the six months to ...

Editorial

Pigeon-hole at your own peril

Fund managers are commonly pigeon-holed as either value managers or growth managers. Rob Keavney believes this approach, borrowed from our American cousins, is both facil...

Editorial

Screen scraping – don’t believe the hype

Since bursting on to the financial services scene in the middle of last year, account aggregators or screen scrapers have been one of the hottest discussion points in the...

Editorial

History delivers the best returns

History is bunk according to Henry Ford but the same doesn't necessarily apply to the financial world where history can often provide valuable pointers to the future. For...

Editorial

Taking the right risks with investments

While the issue of life insurance will usually crop up at some point in discussions with a client, HELEN TROUP believes that a discussion of risk should cover the well-be...

Editorial

Biotech funds hot property with investors

With the recent popularity in the global biotech industry sending investors into a spin, Kate Kachor looks at the current opportunities for investing in biotechnology for...

Editorial

Separate assets in pension to avoid tax

A member of a self managed super fund (SMSF) currently has an accumulation balance of $400,000. They are 62 years of age, working part-time, and all of their benefits in ...

Editorial

E*Trade suffers huge losses

Online share broker E*Trade Australia has recorded a net loss of $53.8 million in the 12 months to the end of June, wider than the $3.9 million loss reported in the previ...

Editorial

Rural Investment – Agricultural schemes yielding high returns

Agricultural investment schemes suffer from an image problem, but Canberra’s only fund manager wants to change all that, as John Wilkinson reports....