FIXED INTEREST

Superannuation

Self-managed super funds have increased their cash and fixed interest holdings and significantly reduced their Australian share exposure, according to a Multiport survey....

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Financial planning

In the low-growth 'new normal' of the global economy, countries need to find a way to grow that is not accompanied by the accumulation of debt, according to PIMCO head of...

Editorial

Since their arrival on our shores about a decade ago, managed accounts have remained largely dormant in Australia. But with continuing market volatility and the imminent ...

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Policy & Regulation

Federal Government moves to ban risk commissions have been labelled 'poor policy' amid entrenched financial planner opposition to the FOFA reforms. This and more in the l...

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Financial planning

The sharemarket is stagnating in the current environment and could either deteriorate or resume its growth trajectory, investors have been warned....

Financial planning

A short duration bias was a major driver of returns in 2010, according to a report by Standard & Poor's....

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Financial planning

With fixed interest gaining attention, Janine Mace takes a look at what the future holds for the sector. ...

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Financial planning

As the dust settles on the post-GFC world, Janine Mace discovers that the previously mundane world of fixed interest investments is now in vogue. ...

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Funds management

A Standard & Poor's (S&P) analyst has said that investors who paid for active returns in the Australian fixed interest sector have been receiving them throughout 2010, si...

Superannuation

Term deposits may not be the best option for self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees nearing the pension phase who want to ensure liquidity, according to HLB Man...

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Financial planning

Several risks, including Australia's high employment rate, rising oil prices and political unrest, have resulted in Tyndall Investments adopting a short-term position in ...

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Editorial

PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: Of the 15,000 managed funds on offer in the Australian market, how do you determine which ones you will rate, and w...

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Financial planning

Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has formed its sixth joint venture, this time with a fixed interest team led by former Aberdeen Asset Management chief executive Bill B...

Financial planning

Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has released its International Fixed Interest – Diversified Fixed Interest sector review, with PIMCO’s Diversified F...

Financial planning

Standard & Poor’s Fund Services has placed the Goldman Sachs Income Plus Wholesale Fund ‘on hold’ following the company’s announcement that it...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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