Features

High listed property fees justify high returns

While some Australian listed property funds have high fees of over one per cent, the funds’ performance have justified this charge, Oksana Patron finds. This is part four...

Features

Stretching to perform

Oksana Patron writes that out of the highest charging international equity funds, only one fund performed in the first quartile for the year to 31 July 2017. This is part...

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Hard yards justify high fees

Hope William-Smith finds that only two of the international fixed income funds that had the highest fee performed above their respective benchmarks. This is part six of t...

Editorial

Putting the CBA probe in context

Mike Taylor writes that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s probe into the Commonwealth Bank may be unprecedented but its outcome will fall far short of many...

Features

Reserve Bank outlook points north for interest rates

The Australian dollar is being overvalued at current levels and the strong dollar hinders domestic growth and reduces inflationary pressure, Simson Sanaphay writes....

Features

Compounding: the not-so-secret sauce to extraordinary returns

Lawrence Lam looks at why compounding should not be overlooked for investors with a long investment horizon during a low growth environment....

Features

Future proof your business with the decisions you make today

Sherise Mercer explores what wealth firms need to consider to evolve their focus on the client experience, their operating model, and staff development to retain and grow...

Features

Consistent approach makes for stable returns

Having a pre-planned and flexible investment strategy which caters to the ups and downs of a volatile market has allowed Schroders to leverage off its past successes and ...

Features

Managed accounts finally fulfilling their promise

The managed account market is dominated by small providers but big players are starting to throw money into the sector that experts have said is big enough for everyone, ...

Editorial

The folly of removing ASIC from the public service

Mike Taylor writes that it would be folly to remove the Australian Securities and Investments Commission from the Australian Public Service....

Outsider

And good luck with your career, too!

Beware the retiring fund manager. You never know what they may choose to say....

Outsider

A small deposit brings a lot of luck

Outsider was momentarily concerned for the health of one of his young colleagues last week when she entered the office declaring that she had been in an “accident”....