BONDS

Funds management

Hedged global bonds still offer an attractive return for Australian investors, according to PIMCO's head of global product management, David Fisher....

Financial planning

Amid falling expense ratios and growing competition, delegates at the Morningstar Investment Conference questioned the viability of some ETF products and the logic of inv...

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Superannuation

Retirement experts discussed the various income strategies available to retirees at a recent Morningstar conference in Chicago. Josh Charlson reports....

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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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Funds management

Australian fund managers are broadly negative about the impacts of an RSPT but believe it has already been priced into most mining company shares....

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Editorial

Stephen Hart highlights the four most important things to think about ahead of a recession....

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Funds management

Broadly adverse market conditions saw hedge funds struggle through May across almost every strategy....

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Funds management

There has been a heavy shift away from European and UK equities towards global and emerging markets bonds as fears about the European debt crisis take hold....

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Rate the raters

The results of the annual Money Management Rate the Raters survey have shown research houses are still in favour. However, there is still room for improvement. Angela Fah...

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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....

Superannuation

AXA has launched an income-generating product aimed at people focused on consistent income heading into retirement rather than accumulating wealth....

Financial planning

Nick Armet asks what the Greek debt crisis means for the future of the global equities market....

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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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Financial planning

Deborah Wixted takes a look at the Federal Budget changes to superannuation, taxation and social security and examines what it will mean for the clients of financial plan...

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

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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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