The Tax Office has issued an alert about life insurance bonds issued from tax havens to Australian residents that are aimed at circumventing tax payable under foreign inv...

With universal rejection of the proposal to mandate superannuation investment into infrastructure assets, the search for alternative methods to meet the shortfall in infr...

Trustees should be free to make investment decisions without regulatory influences that create artificial markets for certain classes, writes Pauline Vamos....

A reluctance to commit to infrastructure investment may prompt the Federal Government to look to alternatives such as bonds to fund future projects....

Three people who ran an investment advice business without being licensed have been given prison sentences, although all were fully suspended....

The occurrence of range-bound markets is an interesting dynamic for managed futures and generally means that investors should adopt a long-term time horizon when investin...

Can inflation-linked Commonwealth government and semi-government bonds provide a suitable investment option for those needing a truly defensive portfolio? Stephen Hart in...

Doug Turek describes how bonds can be used as an easy-to-drive vehicle to a successful retirement....

Equity market gains and stabilising economic activity help returns in several funds....

The AMP Capital Asian Equity Growth Fund and the AMP Capital Corporate Bond Fund have been added to new platforms, making them accessible to more investors....

Liquidators confirm Timbercorp will not be able to make interest payments due at the end of the month....

ROGER BRIDGES considers the changing nature of fixed interest....

DAMON TAYLOR reports on the successes – and failures – of fixed interest investments in light of the global financial crisis....

The benchmark for the defensive part of an investor's portfolio should be closely tied to the local sovereign bond rather than to cash, according to Schroders head of fix...