FirstMac has offered to buy back the outstanding residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) bonds issued in the firm's Bond Series 2-2004 Trust....
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 ...
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...
Why invest in term deposits or global bonds when you can invest in Aussie bonds and get a better return? Jeff Brunton reports....
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...
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. ...
It may be another year before Australian superannuation fund returns regain the ground lost during the GFC....
Industry funds are set to outperform retail master trusts thanks to their specific allocations....
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...
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...
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...
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...
In light of the recent falls in silver and oil prices, Ron Bewley considers the case for investing directly in commodities. ...
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 ...
The latest World Wealth Report has revealed that high-net-worth investors want more from planners following the global financial crisis....
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,...