GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Funds management

FirstMac has offered to buy back the outstanding residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) bonds issued in the firm's Bond Series 2-2004 Trust....

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Editorial

John Campbell has worked in Australian equities for 22 years on both the sell and buy side, primarily in an equity research capacity. Prior to setting up Avoca, his most ...

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Editorial

Investors remain nervous and are still heavily invested in cash, but are they doing the right thing? How serious is the threat of macro issues, and when will it be the ri...

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Editorial

Why invest in term deposits or global bonds when you can invest in Aussie bonds and get a better return? Jeff Brunton reports....

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Superannuation

The upcoming FOFA reforms will see the removal of commissions on life risk products in super. Money Management conducted a roundtable discussion with leading industry pla...

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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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Superannuation

It may be another year before Australian superannuation fund returns regain the ground lost during the GFC....

Financial planning

Industry funds are set to outperform retail master trusts thanks to their specific allocations....

Life/Risk

Australia's life insurance problem has reduced significantly over the last six years, but levels of insurance are still half of what they should be, according to a new su...

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Funds management

There have been significant changes in the multi asset sector in the past 18 months, with the old feeder fund-of-hedge-fund model now dead, according to the latest Standa...

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Editorial

The share prices of Australia’s major publicly listed financial planning groups have been trending down for most of the past 14 months and, as Mike Taylor reports, at lea...

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Editorial

The global financial crisis has resulted in a change in the way multi-manager funds operate. Benjamin Levy explains why many funds are struggling to adapt to the new real...

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Editorial

In light of the recent falls in silver and oil prices, Ron Bewley considers the case for investing directly in commodities. ...

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Editorial

With the recent one-year anniversary of Julia Gillard toppling Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister and leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, the Australian financial ...

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Financial planning

The latest World Wealth Report has revealed that high-net-worth investors want more from planners following the global financial crisis....

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