Editorial

With the recent one-year anniversary of Julia Gillard toppling Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister and leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party, the Australian financial ...

Editorial

Claims management fees - achieving the right balance

In the second part of his article on claims management fees, Col Fullagar considers fee-based remuneration models and their impact on claims management....

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Why China's politics and economics don't add up

Michael Collins explains why Beijing is experiencing restless nights about the rising yuan. ...

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FOFA doing more harm than good?

Andrew Bailo takes a look at the issues arising from the Future of Financial Advice reforms, and concludes that the harmful changes outweigh the beneficial ones....

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Practical ethics and funds management

Pioneering the cause for ethical investing following its inception in 1994, it is no surprise that Hunter Hall was the clear front-runner and the first winner of this yea...

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Sectional groups signpost FOFA changes

Recent reports suggesting that a group made up of industry funds, consumer groups and trade unions was ready to drop support for ‘opt-in’ if planners agreed to no longer ...

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June research round-up

PorfolioConstruction Forum asks the major research houses about their most recent projects and appointments....

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The residential property puzzle

Australian residential property does not behave like other investment classes, writes Tim Farrelly. He explains why this is the case, and makes some forecasts about the f...

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Changing Tower for the better

Jim Minto reflects on the recent delisting of Tower Australia, and what it will mean for the company....

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How the research houses identify risks

Research Review is compiled by PortfolioConstruction Forum in association with Money Management, to help practitioners assess the robustness and disclosure of each resear...

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Superannuation fund planning: who benefits?

As superannuation funds seek to move further into the provision of full service financial planning, a recent report prepared for the West Australian Government has raised...

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Inflation fears about the US

There are widespread concerns that the large-scale quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve will lead to a resurgence of inflation. Robert Keavney weighs up the evid...