The 1990s were actually quite unusual in that we did not experience one instance in which markets fell by more than 20 per cent. On average, we experience bear markets ev...
Gearing has become a little too popular recently for DOMINIC McCORMICK, who says the reasons for its growth are not always in the interests of the client....
Alternative investments challenge the very core of investment theory because they open up the debate between relative and absolute returns. As FIONA MOORE reports, it is ...
The success of Australia’s Listed Property Trust (LPT) sector is driving the products, and those who invest in them, increasingly offshore. GEORGE LIONDIS reports....
While the listed property market escaped the clutches of the bear which has ravaged the Australian share market in the 2002 financial year its double digit returns for th...
The listed property trust asset class will finish the financial year with at least its second strongest performance ever, having already achieved an index return of just ...
Australian investors have reviewed their bullish optimism over the performance of the Australian share market and are now bracing themselves for the full impact of a down...
Gearing is not for all investors, and advisers that recommend gearing inappropriately should expect to face the consequences. GEOFF DAVEY looks at the fate of the client,...
Product innovation and demographic change is making margin lending products more attractive to a wider audience. SUE WEBSTER reports on the push of margin lending into th...
If the three finalists in the property securities category of this FMOTY awards agree on anything, it is that the listed property sector is unlikely to emulate in 2002 th...
Market volatility helped finalists in the fixed interest category of the 2002 Fund Manager of the Year awards achieve some impressive performance. John Wilkinson reports....
Influential funds management researcher Stephen van Eyk has placed his weight behind smaller boutique fund managers, urging investors to consider boutique managers as opp...
Rothschild has launched a new web-based calculator for financial planners to explain hedging funds to their clients....
This year will see interest rates remain steady, the All Ordinaries register a modest gain and a stock focus on small caps, according to Perpetual Investments....
Listed property became a safe haven for many investors in the latter half of last year and may continue to be so as returns remain solid. John Wilkinson examines what is ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....