EQUITY MARKETS

Editorial

The Australian banking system has not had to cope with falling property values, unlike its counterparts in most developed nations. Have we just been lucky? Robert Keavney...

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Financial planning

BetaShares has launched a new product which it claims will allow investors to hedge against a decline in the value of the Australian equities market....

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Financial planning

Zurich Australia has extended its product offering with the introduction of the Zurich Investments Global Equity Income Fund....

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Superannuation

New ASFA analysis points to the continuing challenge of market volatility and the need for better academic research....

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Financial planning

A significant majority of investors believe markets are in for a prolonged period of market turbulence, according to new research commissioned by Principal Global Investo...

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Financial planning

Colonial First State has used platform flows data to generate a clearer picture of investor sentiment....

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Funds management

Fund managers directed funds towards defensive blue-chip companies in 2011, from fear of the market recovery running out of steam, according to S&P....

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Superannuation

Taking advantage of the potential tax benefits of buying property through a SMSF, a growing number of South Australians are turning to property for their retirement savin...

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Superannuation

The number of units on issue in the Australian ETF industry was stable last month, primarily due to new money flowing into several ETFs across a number of asset classes t...

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Editorial

Like their foreign counterparts, Australian bonds seem to have gone from risk-free return to return-free risk. Matthew Drennan explains why bonds are not the safe haven, ...

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Editorial

The insistence of policymakers on intervention in free markets is a worry, writes Martin Conlon....

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Editorial

While three key global equities markets still face trouble, there has been a major shift in investor behaviour towards this sector. Benjamin Levy reports investors are mo...

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Editorial

In the current investment climate, alternative investments can provide valuable diversification. So why are investors still not jumping on the bandwagon? Freya Purnell re...

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Editorial

It's been a tough 12 months for fund managers with investor sentiment persistently negative and Australian shares among the worst-performing. Unfortunately, things might ...

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Editorial

When it comes to asset allocation, the focus has shifted from beating benchmarks to the requirement that liabilities are met, writes Richard Skelt....

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