EDITORIAL

The Federal Government may have used its 2006 Budget to introduce some of the biggest-ever changes to superannuation in Australia, but industry participants appear strong...

The Superannuation industry continues to be less than happy with both the number of regulators impacting on the sector as well as the number of ratings houses and the met...

Industry Fund Services executive chair Garry Weaven and outgoing Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Philippa Smith have emerged as having ha...

The world is bigger than just holding Australian equities in a portfolio as many investors are now discovering....

The investment property situation is looking rosier than it has for a while. We are seeing a gradual upward trend that appears set to stay for quite some time and is cert...

IOOF has upgraded its underlying profit forecast for 2006/07....

There is little doubt in the industry that there is a place for alternative investments next to their conservative cousins, however, as the popularity of the market grows...

Recent publicity surrounding high profile private equity bids for companies like Qantas, Myer, Coles and PBL has put private equity under the spotlight....

While the majority of sophisticated investors have accepted that hedge funds have a role in portfolios some still struggle with how to incorporate different hedge fund st...

As advisers increasingly pay attention to volatility within an investor’s portfolio, now might be the time to take a closer look at hedge funds, and separate the facts fr...

Amid the reaction and commentary regarding the second Intergenerational Report released by the Treasurer recently, a delve into the report itself gives us some pretty enc...

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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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