Structured products have evolved in the past year to become simpler and more affordable, writes CATHY KOVACS...
David Bell de-mystifies hedge funds and explains how to use them in portfolio construction...
Fund managers remain positive over emerging markets despite volatility....
Local fixed income investors rewarded with greater diversity....
Austock Life has added Macquarie Treasury Fund as the cash fund to its imputation bond menu....
Skandia is to add 13 new investment funds to its retail platform and also update the long-term asset allocations of the platform’s multi-manager fund options....
There is little doubt in the industry that there is a place for alternative investments next to their conservative cousins, however, as the popularity of the market grows...
New research performed by chartered accounting firm Deloitte regarding the asset allocations being employed by superannuation funds has revealed their increasing appetite...
As advisers increasingly pay attention to volatility within an investor’s portfolio, now might be the time to take a closer look at hedge funds, and separate the facts fr...
For investors looking for the right combination of property exposure, liquidity and diversification, ‘hybrid’ property funds are emerging as a winning strategy, writes MA...
With the fixed interest index returning 6.4 per cent, investors should be seriously looking at re-entering the sector, according to Tyndall head of bonds Roger Bridges....
The Budget changes to funeral bonds have been welcomed, as the asset test exemption is to be increased to $10,000....
The launch of the UBS Absolute Return Series 1 fund makes UBS one of the latest global fund managers to offer a fund that takes different positions within the same asset ...
Credit Suisse has teamed up with Pimco, the 2007 Money Management/IMCA Fixed Interest (Diversified) Fund Manager of the Year, to launch a structured product offering acce...
IXIS Asset Management Australia has secured a $450 million global bond mandate from Colonial First State for the FirstChoice platform....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....