ASSET ALLOCATION

Editorial

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 ...

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Superannuation

Clients who have relied on the superannuation co-contribution to fund their insurance premiums could be faced with a shortfall from 1 July this year, according to IOOF te...

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Superannuation

Though the death of SMSFs may have been regularly predicted in years past, modelling within Deloitte's Dynamics of the Australian Superannuation System report, released i...

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Editorial

As many traditional multi-asset funds disappointed during the GFC, recent times have seen many managers diversify. Deanne Fuller examines the sector....

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Funds management

The failure of the investment industry to deliver what investors needed over the past decade is down to a focus on stock selection at the expense of asset allocation, acc...

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Superannuation

Investment returns aside, flexibility remains one of the greatest attractions of SMSFs, according to Plaza Financial principal Peter Hogan....

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Editorial

Elizabeth Moran looks at the broad risk-and-return characteristics of three investment classes: cash, bonds and equities in the Australian market between October 1989 and...

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Financial planning

Morningstar division Ibbotson Associates Australia has gained an implemented consulting mandate from NEO Financial Solutions....

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Financial planning

Team changes affecting Aberdeen Asset Management's Multi-Asset Income and Capital Growth funds have not resulted in a rating downgrade....

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Financial planning

Team changes affecting Aberdeen Asset Management's Multi-Asset Income and Capital Growth funds have not resulted in a rating downgrade....

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Financial planning

In 2012, a conservative asset allocation is the best defence against a so-called 'second round' of the global financial crisis....

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Financial planning

In 2012, a conservative asset allocation is the best defence against a so-called 'second round' of the global financial crisis....

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Financial planning

Demand for multi-sector funds is likely to remain elevated in the current volatile environment, with increased interest from larger and more sophisticated investors, acco...

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Editorial

Dissatisfaction with the performance of traditional managed funds and the resulting criticism may see the rise of multi-asset solutions, according to Dominic McCormick....

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Editorial

Asset allocation is becoming critically important in a world of shorter and more extreme investment cycles. This is where multi-asset funds come in, writes Janine Mace....

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