ASSET CLASSES

Superannuation

Aberdeen Asset Management’s Leanne Bradley warns against too much adherence to benchmarks in retirement products....

People & Products

AXA Investment Managers has appointed former Mercer global chief investment officer Tim Gardener to head its global consultant relations unit....

Financial planning

State Street has launched a Turbulence Indices suite that measures market behaviour on a daily basis....

Financial planning

The global financial crisis has been a game changer and, as Dominic McCormick writes, advisers need to view previously conventional buy and hold strategies as being tanta...

Financial planning

Stephen Hart compares the riskiness of equities in relatively 'good' and 'bad' times, and argues that bonds have a place in every balanced portfolio....

Financial planning

Multi-managers feel the increasing sophistication of their investment approach is making it less of a challenge to demonstrate that they can deliver enough active return ...

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Superannuation

Investor education should be a key focus in addressing the needs of the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector, according to Russell Investments....

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Financial planning

A survey of Australian fixed income investors has revealed they are feeling positive about virtually all asset classes except sovereign debt....

Funds management

Aberdeen Asset Management research has refuted the effectiveness of asset classes that have traditionally been used as hedges against inflation risk....

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Financial planning

Stephen Hart examines the recent introduction of ASIC's class order for retail bonds and considers what it means - and what is happening in parallel with its development....

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People & Products

S&P appoints two new associates to its fund research team....

Financial planning

Wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road (YBR) will partner with technology provider OneVue to offer Australian retail investors a new universal managed account (UMA)....

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Financial planning

Stephen Hart explains how to use hybrid securities in place of equities to reduce risk, but without compromising returns....

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Funds management

Fund managers have a more cautious market outlook due to sovereign risk concerns in Greece and other European countries, according to the latest Investment Manager Outloo...

Financial planning

Russell Investment Management will now have eight new funds on the RaboPlus online managed funds platform....

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The Federal Court has given a verdict on ASIC’s case against Dixon Advisory director Paul Ryan which had alleged he breached his director duties....

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