australian equities

Editorial

International equities - to hedge or not to hedge?

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...

Financial planning

Macquarie Private Wealth expands national financial advice team

Macquarie Private Wealth has bolstered its advice team with the appointment of 19 new advisers across six of its state offices in the past six months....

Funds management

van Eyk favours alternatives in asset allocation review

van Eyk Research has completed a yearlong review of its strategic asset allocation, resulting in a similar model to three years ago due to concerns over volatility and in...

Financial planning

Re-think needed on growth assets: Centuria

Investors should be willing to sacrifice potential returns in order to guard against losses in a volatile post-financial crisis world, according to Centuria Capital chief...

Financial planning

Asian equities come of age

Despite a wave of indiscriminate selling by Western investors, the fundamentals remain strong for Asian equities, writes Tim Stewart....

Financial planning

van Eyk Blueprint adds UBS-HALO

Van Eyk has added the UBS-HALO Australian Share Fund to its van Eyk Blueprint Australian Shares fund, reflecting the intention to allocate more of the fund to concentrate...

Financial planning

van Eyk Blueprint adds UBS-HALO

Van Eyk has added the UBS-HALO Australian Share Fund to its van Eyk Blueprint Australian Shares fund, reflecting the intention to allocate more of the fund to concentrate...

People & Products

Tyndall appoints new head of institutional wealth

Tyndall Asset Management has announced the appointment of Matt Russel as head of institutional business....

Policy & Regulation

Financial planners blindsided by Govt changes to FOFA legislation

<b>Latest Edition:</b> The financial planning industry was recently caught off guard by last-minute Government changes to the FOFA legislation. The changes were reportedl...

Financial planning

ASIC consults on equity market structure

ASIC is consulting on new equity market structure issues with a view to preparing the market for the entrance of new market competitors....

Funds management

Australia a funds management conduit for Asia-Pacific

New FSC/Plan for Life research confirms Australia's standing as a regional funds management hub....

Editorial

Time to overweight portfolios to emerging markets?

Given the dichotomy between high growth emerging markets and low-growth developed markets, should all portfolios be 'overweight' to emerging market equities? If so, overw...

Editorial

Time to overweight portfolios to emerging markets?

This month PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: Given the dichotomy between high growth emerging markets and low-growth developed markets, should all po...

Funds management

Equities as yield; Aussie dollar the new safe haven

Investors concerned over share market volatility should look at equities in terms of yield as a tax-effective income stream, while the current global economic environment...

Financial planning

Dividend/growth trade-off a 'misconception'

Despite the popular belief that companies with a high dividend payout ratio must sacrifice growth, the historical data demonstrates there is no trade-off between dividend...