asset class

Funds management

ETF investors cautious about Aussie equities

ETF investors are starting to shy away from Australian equities. ...

Superannuation

Call to tighten SMSF property rules

An accounting and advisory firm wants tighter regulation around the inclusion of residential property in SMSFs....

Editorial

Listed infrastructure - renaissance of an asset class

For investors wanting a healthy mix of yield and stability, listed infrastructure could be the way to go, writes Jonathan Reyes. ...

Editorial

Global equities’ winners and losers

Chad Padowitz reviews the regions and sectors investors should target – and avoid – in 2014. ...

Editorial

Why investors should stick with fixed income

Nick Bishop presents the case for remaining invested in fixed income, but suggests that in order to benefit, investors will need to be far more selective in their bond al...

Superannuation

Super fund liquidity impacts infrastructure investment

IFM Investors infrastructure head points to impact of super liquidity rules on infrastructure debt funding....

Funds management

Fixed interest confusion leading planners away from sector

Uncertainty around fixed interest assets and interest rates has kept planners from moving back into the asset class. ...

Financial planning

Cash still embraced as safe haven

Australians have not entirely abandoned cash despite lower interest rates and recovering share prices. ...

Superannuation

SPAA welcomes ATO praise

SPAA has welcomed ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer’s acknowledgement of the important role advisers play in the SMSF sector....

Financial planning

Positive outlook for emerging markets

The outlook for emerging markets remains positive, despite some significant headwinds experienced over recent months, according to Neuberger Bergman specialist, Gorky Urq...

Funds management

Long-term investors rewarded

Over the 30 years to 30 June 2013, major asset class indices have returned between 8.2 per cent and 11.6 per cent per annum, led by Australian shares, Vanguard’s 2013 Ind...

Funds management

Appetite for global heats up

Certitude’s latest survey reveals that investors appetite for global assets is increasing in line with performance expectations....

Editorial

Is now the time to consider real assets for income?

With interest rates falling, is now the time to consider real assets for income? Craig Keary writes. ...

Editorial

Direct or listed property? Investors weigh up their options

Investors are flooding back to property, and as they do they might start asking whether direct or listed is the way to go – or perhaps even both. Freya Purnell writes....