Features

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

Editorial

Financial planning and applying the lessons of the GFC

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....

Editorial

Are cash and bonds really the safest investment options?

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....

Rate the raters

Rate the raters 2009: The seeds of a new status quo

Amid increased industry scrutiny and some criticism, considerable changes are taking place in the research house universe. AMAL AWAD reports....

Editorial

The changing landscape of hedge funds

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

Editorial

If it ain’t broke ...

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...

Editorial

Opening the door for distressed debt funds

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

Editorial

Tower profit decline

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....

Editorial

Perpetual downgrades profit expectations

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....

Editorial

Uncertainty is the only certainty

The Rudd Government’s second Budget could have been much tougher than it ultimately proved to be, writes Mike Taylor....

Editorial

The emergence of a new banking environment

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...