EDITORIAL

After years of struggling to find value within global equity markets, recent panic and volatility has led to rich investment opportunities, writes Stuart James....

An Auditor-General's report has revealed that some Commonwealth Government departments and agencies will incur losses on the back of declining interest rates and bond yie...

For smaller retail investors, hedge funds are not necessarily a suitable choice, writes Robert Jaeger....

Financial planning commissions may not be extinct but they are now a seriously endangered species....

Investors who are under financial pressure may be tempted to artificially create losses....

It is becoming increasingly obvious that irrespective of the initiatives flagged by the Financial Planning Association, the Australian financial services industry is goin...

Financial planners must take the lessons they’ve learnt from the GFC and begin applying them if they hope to survive the next economic upheaval....

How safe are cash and bonds? Dominic McCormick examines the state of these asset classes and whether the perception that they are investment safe havens is accurate....

Should clients be comfortable making new capital allocations to hedge funds, ask SIMON FOX and DIVYESH HINDOCHA....

With the Federal Budget having delivered little more than some revenue-oriented tinkering to the financial services environment, a good deal of attention is now being foc...

Nicholas Dunstone says distressed debt funds are not vultures. On the contrary, they offer a ray of light to companies facing insolvency....

Tower Australia Group has reported a 12 per cent decline in net profit but prefers to point to the positives contained in its underlying profit result....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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