AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES

Financial planning

Australian managed funds on average failed to outperform their respective indices in the December quarter in every major category except small companies funds, according ...

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Editorial

Damien Frawley maintains index investing is still fresh after four decades....

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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

The departure of the long serving head of equities at Perpetual, John Sevior, will not affect the ratings of its Australian equities funds, according to an announcement r...

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Financial planning

Volatile market conditions saw ETF investors become cautious in November, according to BetaShares....

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Editorial

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are worth persevering with as an asset class, even if allocations within a portfolio are low for the time being, according to Tim Fa...

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Financial planning

Concern for the global investment market has deepened over the past year, as European sovereign debt and slow growth in China continues to drive market volatility, accord...

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Financial planning

Three analysts from Macquarie Investment Management's fundamental Australian equities team have announced their immediate resignation, including portfolio manager Neil Ca...

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Superannuation

The recent interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia has created a number of opportunities for self-managed super funds. Peter van der Westhuyzen explains. ...

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Financial planning

Ratings house, Standard & Poor's Fund Services (S&P) has assigned its four-star ratings to two key Aviva Investors' separately managed accounts (SMA) products....

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Financial planning

Despite the current clamour for high yielding stocks in a sluggish market, big dividend yields aren’t always a recipe for investment success according to Goldman Sachs Au...

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People & Products

Challenger recruits Cathy Hales as GM for boutique partnerships....

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Financial planning

In the short term, we often see dramatic differences in the performance of hedged vs unhedged international equities portfolios. How much (if any) of an international equ...

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Editorial

In the short term, we often see dramatic differences in the performance of hedged vs unhedged international equities portfolios. How much (if any) of an international equ...

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