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Funds management

Australian assets have delivered a trifecta for investors over the last 10-20 years - but that is likely to change, say Russell Investments. ...

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Financial planning

When AFA chief Brad Fox asked Roadshow attendees in Sydney to put their hands up if they thought the financial advice industry was a profession, only 5-10 per cent of peo...

Financial planning

Financial advisers tend to over-estimate the average investor’s knowledge of financial markets – but social media could help to stem this trend, a US study has found....

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Superannuation

Term deposits may continue to be a popular investment option for Australian investors but according to CANSTAR, the current low interest rate environment is making it dif...

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Financial planning

Planner satisfaction with platforms has reached the highest level recorded in 10 years, according to findings from the Investment Trends 2013 Planner Technology Report....

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Funds management

The current average interest rate on a 12-month term deposit is seeing Australians barely breaking even – but cash continues to be a popular investment vehicle....

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Superannuation

Australian investors believe global markets will rise over the next year and are cooling in their outlooks for the domestic stock market, according to the inaugural Certi...

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Life/Risk

Directly-sold lump sum and income protection insurance sales will continue to surge but will struggle to stay on the books past the first year, according to research data...

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Financial planning

New data from St George and the Melbourne Institute reveals a mixed picture of household economic conditions....

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Funds management

New research suggests the Commonwealth Bank not only commands most market share with respect to professional services banking but also gets the boss’s banking business. ...

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Funds management

More than half of Australian high net worth (HNW) investors expect global markets to rise over the next year, while cooling their outlook on the domestic front....

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Editorial

How many winners do you need? Richard Skelt from Fidelity explains how investment performance is actually generated and asks whether the concept of ‘batting average’ is a...

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Funds management

Assets under management (AUM) for the top 100 alternative investment managers reached $3.1 trillion in 2012, with Macquarie Bank taking out the top spot in Towers Watson’...

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Life/Risk

New Plan for Life data paints healthy but mixed picture of life/risk market....

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Rate the raters

Money Management asked fund managers once again what they thought about the research houses which rate their products....

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