In the current investment climate, alternative investments can provide valuable diversification. So why are investors still not jumping on the bandwagon? Freya Purnell re...

Investors are being warned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission of a Gold Coast based unlicensed financial services business operating under the name o...

Too many active managers who focus on market movements can over-diversify a portfolio by failing to drill down on specific stocks, according to van Eyk research chief exe...

Investment Trends research finds financial planners play an enormous role in the take-up of capital protected products....

Investors Mutual has completed a tremendous fightback to be named winner of the Australian equities (broad cap) category of this year's Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manag...

Fidelity's Catherine Yeung urges investors not to misinterpret China's approach....

The Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, is set to release the details of the superannuation changes foreshadowed for inclusion in the Federal Budget....

van Eyk has reiterated its view that investors can take advantage of market volatility, if done through the prism of volatility options to generate profits while protecti...

ASIC has permanently banned a former contracts for difference (CFD) dealer after it found that he had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct under a deregistered bus...

The global population is growing, but its composition is also changing. Tom Stevenson examines the effects this will have on investors and their decisions in the future....

MLC has announced two new strategies for four of its MLC Horizon Series of portfolios in a move it says is designed to increase diversification and reduce risk, while mai...

Investor sentiment has improved but remains in negative territory, according to CoreData's Investor Confidence Index....

Having clients believe that placing money in bank deposits constitutes investing will have a detrimental effect on both the financial advice industry and the end consumer...

A patchy economy and global turmoil has left the industry grappling with a jumpy share market and turning to active management in a bid to stave off negative returns. Ben...