FIXED INTEREST

Financial planning

The grim days of the global financial crisis may have passed, but, as Benjamin Levy reports, there is sufficient uncertainty about sovereign debt and the pace of economic...

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Editorial

Amid growing media interest in the growth of these products, Dominic McCormick explains why exchange-traded funds are a useful tool but not a panacea. ...

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Financial planning

BNP Paribas Investment Partners is establishing an Australian fixed income investment team in response to renewed investor caution to market volatility....

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Editorial

In a speech addressing the Agribusiness Association of Australia, David Bryant explains why tax-effective managed investment funds are fundamentally flawed and pose a sig...

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Superannuation

AXA has launched an income-generating product aimed at people focused on consistent income heading into retirement rather than accumulating wealth....

Financial planning

Deborah Wixted takes a look at the Federal Budget changes to superannuation, taxation and social security and examines what it will mean for the clients of financial plan...

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Funds management

Securing the top spot for the second year in a row, Schroders Investment Management has been crowned the 2010 Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year....

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People & Products

BT Financial Group has appointed former ING Investment Management (INGIM) senior portfolio manager Ron Mehmet as portfolio manager, fixed interest....

Editorial

BTIM to undertake review of flagship funds to position them for improvement in investor appetites....

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Financial planning

Standard & Poor’s has released its fixed interest sector review, with PIMCO and Tyndall both receiving upgrades to five stars....

Financial planning

Morningstar has completed research on the fixed interest sector and new ratings, which include five ratings upgrades as well as two downgrades....

Editorial

Following the Government's prescription for better managed investment schemes disclosure, Brendan Ivers explains how these changes have affected the industry....

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Funds management

Mercer has developed a more sophisticated classification process for investment risk that recognises the mix of growth and defensive qualities within each asset class....

Financial planning

The comparative attractiveness of bank deposit yields was one of the themes of Standard & Poor's (S&P's) Australian fixed interest peer group review....

Financial planning

Zenith has completed its 2009 fixed-interest sector review, with 17 out of 95 funds rated 'recommended’ or better....

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