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Financial planning

BlackRock analysis points to a need for investors to review fixed interest allocations in a low-rate environment....

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Financial planning

In order to meet clients’ changing demands, financial planners need to review their standard practices – especially with regards to return projections, writes Fiducian’s ...

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Financial planning

CMC Markets has used its annual global outlook to predict that despite predictions for growth of between 2.5 per cent and 3.5 per cent, investors will remain cautious in ...

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Financial planning

Money is starting to move out of term deposits and other cash deposits and into equities and bonds, according to Equity Trustees head of corporate fiduciary and financial...

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Financial planning

First home buyers appear to have retreated from the market, according to new data released this week by mortgage broker AFG....

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Editorial

By concentrating investment on a narrow range of Australian assets, investors might be exposing themselves to more, rather than less risk, according to MLC’s Michael Kara...

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Editorial

Dr Shane Oliver argues we should expect another year of reasonable returns, despite lurking risks....

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Editorial

The context of ‘financial repression’ requires investors in all asset classes to make appropriate strategic adjustments, according to Fidelity's Nick Armet....

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Financial planning

The clear lack of competition in the mortgage broking space has been highlighted once again by the Commonwealth Bank increasing its stake in Aussie Home Loans to 80 per c...

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Editorial

Declining interest rates and bond yields, coupled with investors’ thirst for income, means strategies around equity income are here to stay, according to Warwick Cumming....

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Financial planning

Older planners who have been deferring their retirement plans are putting their businesses up for sale as markets improve, according to Forte Asset Solutions director Ste...

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Superannuation

AMP’s Philip LaGreca explores the key considerations for SMSF trustees investing in overseas property....

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Superannuation

Falling interest rates could force Australian superannuation funds to boost allocations to alternative assets to enhance investment returns....

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Editorial

AMP Capital's Michael Price explains why retirees should consider Australian equities for their income needs....

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Editorial

Zurich's Angus Crennan argues that traditional defensive assets are no longer delivering the desired results. So, what is the future of the current “safe havens”?...

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