Features

Seven factors making India an investment destination to watch

Mugunthan Siva looks at seven reasons why Australia should not overlook investment into India....

Dealer group support has seen Lonsec Fiscal regain its mantle in part two of Money Management’s 2016 Rate the Raters survey, Oksana Patron finds....

Features

Positioning the key amid continuing fixed income uncertainty

A Money Management roundtable has signalled that judging duration exposure remains a key factor in the fixed interest space in the face of continuing uncertainties in the...

Features

Making sure defensive portfolios are truly defensive

Planners need to ensure that the defensive parts of their client's portfolios are truly defensive in the face of uncertainty in the global bond market....

Features

The reality of lower return expectations

Financial planners need to be frank with their clients and persuade them to accept the inevitability of a lower return environment. ...

Outsider

Your nuts roasting in an open fire

Seasons greetings, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from Outsider....

Outsider

Backing the lycra’d Bobbinator

Outsider doffs his hat to financial planning’s men in Lycra — the chaps who are participating in this year’s Future 2 Wheel Classic — this time in Western Australia....

Outsider

Come, but don’t come by boat

Outsider has just one piece of advice to those Americans thinking of escaping The Donald and embracing the shores of Australia: just don’t come by boat....

Tools & guides

Beyond speculation: using derivatives in diversified portfolios

Daniel Park examines how derivatives can play many roles in risk management and return creation despite being under the microscope in recent times....

Editorial

A fleeting glimpse of profit sharing on the other side

There have long been accusations that industry funds have been the beneficiaries of generous rebate arrangements from group insurers and both the Productivity Commission ...

Editorial

ASIC Report 499 — A grevious indictment

There can be no more grievous indictment of a service provider than that they continually charged for a service that was never provided....

Features

Yield investors need to actively manage risk while seeking returns

Mortgage funds may be a solution to the income generation challenge as they avoid an asset/liability mismatch and allows investors to tailor risk and return, Roy Prasad w...