FIXED INTEREST

Funds management

Analysts are predicting that losses are imminent for fixed interest markets, while bull markets in Australian equities will continue unabated for years to come....

Funds management

Solid stocks like infrastructure and financial companies, well researched low-grade bonds and unlisted property trusts have been identified as the best investment classes...

Financial planning

It’s the Chinese year of the dog, and participants in the Australian share market are wondering where the canines lurk as talk of a correction ramps up. But thanks to the...

Financial planning

So you have a million dollars to invest. Let’s start by making some general assumptions; you own the property you live in, have no outstanding debts, you’re under 50-year...

Financial planning

ING has made a three-pronged improvement to its OneAnswer platform through the addition 16 funds, a reduction in fees charged and an enhancement of the product’s online c...

Financial planning

Basis Capital and Colonial First State manage the two best Australian funds in the international fixed interest space according to boutique research house Zenith....

Editorial

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Editorial

Although National Australia Bank chief executive John Stewart told investors yesterday that the bank is “not out of the woods” despite posting a record profit, a strong s...

Financial planning

Mercer Investment Consulting has signalled its intention to expand its research capabilities in 2006 to incorporate some of the more popular new investment strategies inv...

Financial planning

Managed funds continue to be the preferred investment option for Australians, according to a new survey of 4,500 investors....

Financial planning

Australian fund managers spend a lot of time and money wooing financial advisers with junkets, increasingly complex products and, of course, much-debated trail commission...

Superannuation

With the baby boomer generation now entering retirement, or certainly looking down the gun barrel, the focus on retirement income streams, by both the government and fina...

Financial planning

London-based managed futures adviser Winton Capital has become the third manager to be added to a series of exclusive retail distribution deals with external managers by ...

Financial planning

THERE’S at least one financial planner out there who views the emergence of reverse mortgages as a compliment to financial planners...

Funds management

A chart-topping run in international markets and a stellar result in Australia has propelled Alliance Bernstein to a stunning victory in the 2005 Money Management Fund Ma...

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