ASSET CLASSES

Financial planning

Rob Keavney is no stranger to controversy. A recent article Keavney wrote to counter some of the extremes of exuberance on hedge funds sparked a number of detailed respon...

Editorial

As the push into defensive assets continues while markets head south, neglected asset classes continue to attract more of the spotlight. However Rob Keavney argues not al...

Funds management

Australian equities bounced back in April after being the big underperformers in March, the latest Ausbil Dexia research shows....

Funds management

Strong capabilities across all sectors in all market conditions has propelled Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) to the top spot in the multi-sector category....

Financial planning

The finalists for the Money Management/ Assirt Fund Manager of the Year award have been decided. Jason Spits looks at who will contend for top honours after a turbulent y...

Financial planning

March offered little joy to investors and fund managers looking for positive signs of a market turnaround....

Funds management

Colonial First State Investment Managers will be expanding its alternative asset management to include multi manager hedge funds by the second half of the year....

Funds management

Listed property trusts (LPTs) performed strongly amongst asset classes at the end of last year, only to lose ground in mid January as concerns about a hard landing of the...

Funds management

Asset classes encountered another topsy turvy month in the last month of 2000 with poor results in equity markets juxtaposed against a soaring listed property trust class...

Funds management

A rising Australian dollar plus uncertainty in the US have severely damaged international equities for the month of November....

Financial planning

Listed property trusts proved their mettle as good defensive investments in May, raking up the top return among all asset classes....

Financial planning

Suncorp Metway is to launch into the $58 billion master trust market....

Financial planning

Investors remain undeterred by recent sharemarket volatility, seeing it as an opportunity to buy bargain stocks. According to a recent Macquarie Bank survey, 68 per cent ...

Financial planning

New Zealand equities, bonds and property are looking like attractive investments over the coming year, a Morningstar roundtable has found....

Financial planning

Seminars can be the simplest way of marketing your practice to prospective clients, but you need to plan them carefully to get the best results. Jason Spits reports. For...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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