Macquarie Private Wealth recommends a focus on certainty of earnings when investing in shares in 2012, with an eye on the risk/return trade off....
BetaShares has appointed University of New South Wales lecturer Dr Tony Rumble as head of portfolio construction....
SMSF trustees have lost faith in investment markets and are increasingly turning to property and cash-related products such as term deposits, but the best long-term rewar...
Australian managed funds on average failed to outperform their respective indices in the December quarter in every major category except small companies funds, according ...
Macquarie Specialist Investments investor information for will be available on the Class Super platform for SMSF trustees under a new agreement....
Suncorp Life has developed what it describes as "an engine room for product and service development and delivery" aimed at growing its direct distribution business....
Three-quarters of Australian households believe their financial position will remain stable or improve this year, despite one-third expecting the economy to worsen, accor...
Defined benefit default funds outperformed defined contribution default funds by over half a per cent per year over the past 15 years with less volatility, according to g...
Cash holdings in SMSFs grew further in the December quarter due to uncertainty over interest rates and longer-duration term deposits not being rolled over....
One year on from the floods that devastated south-east Queensland, confusion over flood definitions means a huge number of disputes over denied flood claims is still clog...


BlackRock Australia plans to launch a Bitcoin ETF later this month, wrapping the firm’s US-listed version which is US$85 billion in size....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...