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Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has launched a first in the Australian investment market place - an international shares fund allowing investors to choose a preferr...

Financial planning

China’s fledgling asset management marketplace will eclipse the more established Hong Kong market in size by the end of the year when it will boast US$26.7 billion in ret...

Financial planning

Bonds have traditionally been seen as the safe alternative and have performed particularly well in recent times. But how long will it last? Ben Abbott reports....

Editorial

The Commonwealth Bank has posted a net profit after tax of $2.012 billion, a drop of 24 per cent from last year, with funds management doing little to boost the bank’s re...

Editorial

The poor performance of many developed international share markets over the past few years has strengthened the case for investors to allocate a greater proportion of the...

Financial planning

Absolute return fund manager Basis Capital Management has had its successful flagship fund made available to the retail market, with both BT and Macquarie now offering th...

Financial planning

Perpetual Investments has flagged the launch of a new multi-manager retail platform, to compete with the likes of Colonial First State’s FirstChoice product, for the last...

Financial planning

Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has made a move into the depressed Asian equities market, launching an Asia ex Japan fund for Australian investors at what it claims...

Financial planning

Morningstar and actuarial and research firm, Plan For Life, have combined to generate what they are claiming to be a more complete picture of the retail funds sector....

Financial planning

BT Portfolio Services has rolled out a low cost wrap vehicle aimed at lower net worth retail investors with a limted range of investments and reduced fees increasing the ...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has lifted the interim stop order placed on Absolute Capital’s Yield Strategies Fund on Tuesday....

Financial planning

Alternative asset manager Absolute Capital has moved swiftly to allay fears over one of its funds having an interim stop order placed on it by the Australian Securities a...

Financial planning

Macquarie Bank has boosted its alternative investments offering to retail investors with the launch of the Macquarie Forestry Investment (MFI) Fund....

Financial planning

The hybrid securities sector remains a heavily concentrated and risky market despite its general growth and positive returns, and presents a range of complex issues for i...

Editorial

What if much of what you knew about investing was wrong? Dominic McCormick reports....

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