EQUITY MARKETS

Editorial

With the debate between active and index funds continuing to gather momentum, Benjamin Levy examines the role of both strategies in a post GFC climate....

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Editorial

A lot has happened in major asset classes over the last few years. With the benefit of hindsight, Dr Ron Bewley looks at how the major asset classes performed over the la...

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Funds management

Volatility in global equity markets continues but there are opportunities for those with a bottom-up approach, according to Fidelity associate director, global equities, ...

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Editorial

Nick Hilton takes a look at recent changes within the wealth advisory industry and examines the evolution of the corporate model in this space....

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Editorial

Dominic McCormick takes a look at alternative investments and what they mean for investors....

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Editorial

FIIG Securities's Stephen Hart examines the value of holding long dated bonds in a balanced portfolio....

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Editorial

With a period of economic transition underway, Patrick Noble offers tips on finding companies that can deliver the best investment returns....

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Financial planning

Standard & Poor's (S&P) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) are about to launch an equity volatility index that reflects investor sentiment about expected volati...

Financial planning

Kirsty Dullahide explains why in times of uncertainty, a diversified portfolio will continue to serve the needs of clients....

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Financial planning

Fixed income has performed well during 2010 and investors are certainly starting to sit up and take notice, according to Damon Taylor....

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Financial planning

As direct investments become more popular, with ETFs in particular gaining ground, Janine Mace discovers that for many consumers cash is still king....

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council (FSC)/PricewaterhouseCoopers CEO survey has revealed that Australia has its work cut out for it before it can meet the challenges of an age...

Financial planning

Stephen Hart compares the riskiness of equities in relatively 'good' and 'bad' times, and argues that bonds have a place in every balanced portfolio....

Funds management

With Asia having been termed a global equities sweet spot in terms of the way it has emerged from the global recession, a new Lonsec sector review has pointed to global e...

Financial planning

Retirees have been given a 50 per cent reduction in the minimum drawdown amounts for account-based, allocated and market-linked pensions for the 2010-11 financial year, w...

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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