Question: Are insurance bonds still a viable alternative to invest for children? I recall that the taxation treatment of insurance products such as bonds and endowment po...

Some investors are unaware of the risks associated with debentures and unsecured notes, says Margaret Callinan....

OFM Investment Group will be launching a new range of friendly society bonds using van Eyk’s Blueprint Funds....

Conventional portfolios have largely failed retail investors and financial planners need to reconsider incorporating a fuller range of appropriate investments, according ...

Australian equities were the stand-out performer when compared to other asset classes in the month of October, after the S&P 200/ASX finished up 3.2 per cent....

The bond market has replaced equities as investment portfolio underachievers over the last quarter, a turnaround after having outperformed shares consistently over the pr...

Financial planning business management group Customer Acquisition and Retention Management (CARM) formally launched its web-based Guided Planning System (GPS) today....

Despite moving away from funds management and returning to its risk-based roots, Tower Australia is forging ahead in forming its newly created asset management group, app...

Australian Financial Services licensees will be assisted in meeting the Financial Services Reform (FSR) Act PS 146 requirements following the creation of a new online ser...

Markets in August provided growth-oriented superannuation funds with another bumper month of returns, reinforcing the notion that investors should focus on long-term inve...

Bonds have traditionally been seen as the safe alternative and have performed particularly well in recent times. But how long will it last? Ben Abbott reports....

Investors rattled by the underperformance of some traditional asset classes over the past few years may be warming to the inclusion of alternatives in their portfolios. C...

With the sun now peeking through on international stock markets, Ben Abbott reports on how fund managers have managed to weather the storm....

Australian Unity has restructured its life insurance operations, including its bond products, and has spun to divisions out into a new company called Australian Unity Inv...