AUSTRALIAN INVESTORS
Editorial
Staying out of growth assets is the biggest mistake financial advice clients make at the moment, according to David Bryant from Australian Unity Investments, who argues r...
Funds management
Latest Investment Trends index reveals a spike in investor sentiment, with concern levels hitting a 40-month low....
Editorial
Some of the biggest companies in the world are based in emerging markets. Perhaps it is time to let go of old-fashioned views and seriously consider this sector, writes J...
Editorial
By concentrating investment on a narrow range of Australian assets, investors might be exposing themselves to more, rather than less risk, according to MLC’s Michael Kara...
Superannuation
A global investor study by the State Street Centre for Applied Research has found that a significant number of Australian investors harbour serious concerns over upcoming...
Financial planning
Exchange Traded Products have grown in popularity over the past 12 months, according to the latest data released by BlackRock subsidiary iShares....
Funds management
ASIC is seeking penalties against the unlicensed operators of more than 12 offshore managed investment funds, which were found to comprise a single unregistered managed i...
Financial planning
Australian investors remain pessimistic about the prospect of full market recovery, with their concern levels rising while return expectations are decreasing....
Financial planning
Swiss-based investment manager Vontobel Asset Management announced this week that it had passed a milestone in Australia with assets under management exceeding $1 billion...
Editorial
Can the slower pace of Chinese economic growth diminish the appeal of Asian equities for Australian investors?...
Editorial
How to best approach Asian equities? Janine Mace finds most experts recommend active investing, rather than taking whatever the index 'serves up'....
Editorial
Select Asset Management's Dominic McCormick suspects the recent decline in currency volatility is the calm before a much bigger storm – with significant implications for ...
Financial planning
Australian investors may have built up a so-called "wall of cash" as they cling to safety in volatile times, but new research conducted by Wealth Insights suggests planne...
Funds management
Investor sentiment has hit its highest level in 15 months, though it remains in negative territory, according to CoreData's quarterly Investor Sentiment Index....
Editorial
A small allocation to gold could add significant benefits to a client’s investment portfolio, writes BetaShares's Drew Corbett....
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...