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...
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....
Zurich Australia has extended its product offering with the introduction of the Zurich Investments Global Equity Income Fund....
New ASFA analysis points to the continuing challenge of market volatility and the need for better academic research....
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...
Colonial First State has used platform flows data to generate a clearer picture of investor sentiment....
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....
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...
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...
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, ...
The insistence of policymakers on intervention in free markets is a worry, writes Martin Conlon....
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...
In the current investment climate, alternative investments can provide valuable diversification. So why are investors still not jumping on the bandwagon? Freya Purnell re...
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 ...
When it comes to asset allocation, the focus has shifted from beating benchmarks to the requirement that liabilities are met, writes Richard Skelt....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...