Large industry fund Vision Super has increased its asset allocation to international equities at the expense of Australian stocks, fixed interest and cash....
MLC has launched a new absolute return multi-manager product, designed to deliver a target 5.5 per cent real return over a 20 year time period....
Superannuation funds with strong allocations into alternative assets were able to largely withstand a downturn in October, according to the latest data released by Sydney...
Investors will be able to choose their target date of retirement, rather than a preferred asset allocation, as part of a series of new funds that is counting on individua...
At the recent PortfolioConstruction Conference, US-based Randall Lert, chief portfolio strategist with Russell Investment Group, gave the keynote address. With a worldwid...
Picking a fund manager that will consistently outperform over the long-term is like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. And while advisers have greater acc...
Customers of Virgin Superannuation will only have to pay a flat fee of 1 per cent a year, but their money will not be actively managed....
Results of the Commonwealth Bank’s review of Colonial First State will be announced before the end of February, as dealer groups and researchers call for a refinement of ...
Tim Farrelly uncovers the outlook for Australian equities over the next decade....
Equity markets will continue to outstrip more conservative asset classes over the next year, but will struggle to match the level of out performance they achieved in 2004...
Equity markets will continue to outstrip more conservative asset classes over the next year, but will struggle to match the level of out performance they achieved in 2004...
The last place financial planners want to be if the world’s economic plates shift is with their heads in the sand. Ray Griffin wonders whether many planners are prepared ...
Growth managers have come back to form after returning 11.5 per cent for the 11 months ending May turning around the negative returns of the previous two years....
Rob Keavney argues systematic rebalancing adds returns, reduces volatility and ensures planners don’t leave clients with maximum exposure at market crests – so why isn’t ...
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...