Wraps, platforms and master trusts together experienced net inflows of $14.5 billion in the 2010 calendar year to $427.7 billion....
Stephen Hart explains that inflation-linked bonds have outperformed equities over the last 20 years and act as a good hedge against inflation....
The majority of pre-retirees in Australia expect to work longer, while 39 per cent feel they are unlikely to meet their retirement income needs, according to CoreData res...
Increasing confidence among companies has resulted in a 6.4 per cent growth in dividends across the equity market over the last six months, according to Russell Investmen...
Westpac has released an online broking account targeting high-volume self-directed investors....
Australians have the right attitude towards their super, but many are still not aware of the additional services their fund provides, according to research by the Austral...
Financial planners and fund managers are wary of risks in the global economy, but are still open to market opportunities....
Life risk advisers are becoming increasingly technologically savvy and are willing to purchase new technology for client service purposes, according to a national survey ...
The past 12 months have proven challenging for most fund managers, with above-index returns eluding most of the sector. Ashleigh McIntyre reports....
Most of those working in Australian financial services were happy with their bonuses, but those working in Sydney had more to be happy about....
Instreet Investment has launched a new product that it says will provide extra income supplementing any potential returns - but Instreet has also acknowledged the risks t...
Most financial planners typically expect Australian shares to return around 10 per cent excluding dividends over the course of 2011, according to research by Investment T...
The median balanced super fund grew 1 per cent in February, but global volatility in March looks set to wipe out this calendar year's gains, according to SuperRatings....
Smaller and lower-cost brokers were responsible for increased competition in the online broking space in the second half of 2010, according to Investment Trends research....
While aspirations of wealth and asset ownership rate high among Australians, it is the fear of not having enough money that drives people to establish their financial goa...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...