AUSTRALIAN MARKET

Funds management

Russell Investments has launched its second Australian exchange-traded fund (ETF), Russell Australian Value ETF, which was developed based on the manager's research on va...

Financial planning

International small cap stocks have outperformed both large and mid-caps over the past decade, but investors need to show commitment if they want to fully capitalise on t...

Financial planning

The addition of a new exchange to the Australian market, as well as a changing regulatory environment, has highlighted the need for Australia’s investment administr...

Editorial

Diversification in portfolios is crucial to getting good returns, says Adrian Stewart. He explains why investors should look beyond Australian shores in order to capitali...

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Funds management

State Street Global Advisers is looking to take a measured approach to the expansion of its current suite of exchange-traded funds offered in the Australian market....

Financial planning

Investors are becoming increasingly worried about how the Australian share market might react to the flood disaster in Queensland, but their concern might not be justifie...

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Financial planning

Cross-subsidisation of advice leaves pricing power in the hands of a select few institutions....

Funds management

iShares has released four new ETFs onto the Australian market, bringing the iShares range to 23 ETFs available on the ASX....

Financial planning

Platforms are taking a bigger slice of the investment value chain than they deserve, according to the head of asset management at Equity Trustees, Shaun Manuell....

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Financial planning

Morningstar has boosted its fund research team with the return of Mark Laidlaw from its London-based European fund research team....

Financial planning

Members of the financial services industry regard the proposed reforms package as beneficial, but question its ultimate success, according to the research conducted by RB...

Financial planning

Advisers are increasingly considering abandoning international shares when trying to develop portfolio construction strategies for their clients, according to Strategy St...

Financial planning

Colonial First Choice has emerged at Australia’s largest investment platform by market share and funds under administration....

Funds management

There are plenty of attractively valued shares in the Australian market right now in spite of the fact that we are headed for a lower growth environment, according to Fid...

Financial planning

AIA Group has refuted speculation that its Australian operation is for sale....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

4 months ago

Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

4 weeks 1 day ago

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

3 weeks ago

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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