Mark Thomas argues that financial planners must convince their spooked clients that index management and term deposits are the wrong strategy....
As competition in ETFs increases, it is important for financial advisers and investors to know exactly what they are buying and from whom, according to Tom Keenan. ...
Almost three in five financial advisers are limited in their choice of platforms, and of those advisers, 40 per cent would like access to other platforms in the market....
New APRA analysis reveals precisely how many funds sought regulatory relief on liquidity grounds....
A lack of finance access for small businesses may have potentially harmful consequences on the growth of the Australian economy....
Lonsec has released its 2010 Australian Property Sector Review, with the Vanguard Property Securities Index Fund the only fund of 19 reviewed to achieve the highest ratin...
Hedged global bonds still offer an attractive return for Australian investors, according to PIMCO's head of global product management, David Fisher....
The ATO has provided special assistance to Cairns businesses in the wake of the Storm Financial collapse....
Standard & Poor's has placed a 'sell' rating on the AXA Wholesale Global Equity Core Fund, as AXA Rosenberg's founder and head of research step down amid controversy over...
Emerging markets remain a good news story despite a sharp fall in the HSBC Emerging Markets Index, according to analysts....
QIC will be offering superannuation funds what it calls a dynamic lifestyle approach, adjusting investment strategies throughout a member's life to improve retirement out...
Many of the MySuper proposals are flawed, according to Robert Keavney, including the reduction of disclosure to members and the introduction of the concept of 'optimal' i...
Paul Barrett commends the Future of Financial Advice recommendations but warns that the annual renewal requirement will create more risk for investors....
Multi-managers feel the increasing sophistication of their investment approach is making it less of a challenge to demonstrate that they can deliver enough active return ...
Retirees have been given a 50 per cent reduction in the minimum drawdown amounts for account-based, allocated and market-linked pensions for the 2010-11 financial year, w...
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,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...