More and more planners chasing consistent returns are happy to blend indexed and non-indexed product. Why? Because it all comes back to the view that out performance invo...
The Prime Ministership may have changed hands but the make-up of the Senate has not and the financial services industry should expect slow progress on any Government legi...
There has been little product innovation in the industry over the past few years away from the traditional margin loan, although some new flavours are in the pipeline....
Forestry managed investment schemes have become the most popular segment of the agribusiness asset class. But there are different sub-segments in the forestry segment and...
In the past five years, funds under management in the agribusiness sector have grown by as much as 80 per cent. Last year, inflows into the sector topped $1 billion and s...
When investors look offshore for investment opportunities Europe tends to take a backseat in comparison to countries such as the US, China or India, but Fidelity Internat...
BT Financial Group coined 2005 the “year of the disconnect”, because of the various anomalies occurring in the developed versus underdeveloped share markets and economies...
Asset allocation strategies in 2006 will be very similar to what strategists were doing last year, says AMP Capital Investors head of investment strategy Shane Oliver....
SAITeysMcMahon head of property Graham Brewer says direct property investment is looking “exceptionally good”....
Russell Investment Group chief investment officer - Asia Pacific Peter Gunning subscribes to the view that for model portfolios to be successful they need constant mainte...
The investment and planning world seems to be dividing into two camps with respect to “alternative” investment strategies and assets (hedge funds, managed futures, commod...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...