EDITORIAL
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....
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...
Should clients be comfortable making new capital allocations to hedge funds, ask SIMON FOX and DIVYESH HINDOCHA....
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....
Perpetual chairman, Robert Savage forecasts a more than 50 per cent reduction in profit for the 2009 financial year despite cost-savings and a salary freeze....
The current operating environment is one of the most challenging ever for banks and although writedowns may be coming closer to an end, provisioning expenses are rising a...
The Rudd Government’s second Budget could have been much tougher than it ultimately proved to be, writes Mike Taylor....
The move by the Association of Financial Advisers to not support the Financial Planning Association’s proposal to transition away from commissions-based financial advice ...
The current economic climate has put pressure on financial planning practices throughout Australia and around the world....
Macquarie looked at about 300 managers for its Professional Series of investments and narrowed it down to six, including this year’s winner, Winton Global Alpha Fund....
It came down to two worthy finalists in the Regional/Emerging Market Equities category, but highly experienced Aberdeen Asset Management ultimately came out on top with i...
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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...