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Customers of Virgin Superannuation will only have to pay a flat fee of 1 per cent a year, but their money will not be actively managed....

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Results of the Commonwealth Bank’s review of Colonial First State will be announced before the end of February, as dealer groups and researchers call for a refinement of ...

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Tim Farrelly uncovers the outlook for Australian equities over the next decade....

Financial planning

Equity markets will continue to outstrip more conservative asset classes over the next year, but will struggle to match the level of out performance they achieved in 2004...

Financial planning

Equity markets will continue to outstrip more conservative asset classes over the next year, but will struggle to match the level of out performance they achieved in 2004...

Financial planning

The last place financial planners want to be if the world’s economic plates shift is with their heads in the sand. Ray Griffin wonders whether many planners are prepared ...

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Growth managers have come back to form after returning 11.5 per cent for the 11 months ending May turning around the negative returns of the previous two years....

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Rob Keavney argues systematic rebalancing adds returns, reduces volatility and ensures planners don’t leave clients with maximum exposure at market crests – so why isn’t ...

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Skandia has enhanced its platform offering through the inclusion of absolute return strategies to the fund-of-funds arm of both its Skandia One (bundled) and Skandia Glob...

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In a post-March 11 world, planners may have trouble justifying their product recommendations to clients, says PAUL RESNIK....

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Investors should increase their exposure to alternative assets from 5 to 20 per cent through a greater spread of investments and in turn boost portfolio diversification, ...

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ING Australia will reverse the trend to move into retail with the launch of a wholesale version of its retail Tax Effective Income Trust tomorrow following the fund’s str...

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A collection of positive ratings have been bestowed by research house Assirt on fund managers AXA and ABN Amro, with most of their fund sectors and management capabilitie...

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