AUSTRALIAN SHARE MARKET

Editorial

Asset allocation strategies in 2006 will be very similar to what strategists were doing last year, says AMP Capital Investors head of investment strategy Shane Oliver....

Financial planning

So you have a million dollars to invest. Let’s start by making some general assumptions; you own the property you live in, have no outstanding debts, you’re under 50-year...

Financial planning

Poor returns from a jittery Australian share market and mixed results on the international front have wiped more than 2 per cent off the value of superannuation funds in ...

Financial planning

Australian superannuation fund returns look likely to finish the year in good shape with the latest Intech data suggesting that, once again, domestic equities are continu...

Funds management

The Australian share market continues to be an impressive performer for investors, with the latest Intech research showing the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index produced a t...

Financial planning

Inflated returns on the Australian share market caused the number of floats to almost double in 2004, with most activity in the financial services and biotechnology secto...

Financial planning

Balanced funds posted their first month of negative returns in March since July last year, on the back of weaker share markets....

Financial planning

Investors should allocate 25 per cent of their portfolio to international equities as growing volatility on global markets gives good stock pickers better scope for outpe...

Funds management

The Government’s new superannuation co-contribution regime appears to be gaining real traction, with the latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data pointing t...

Financial planning

The good news looks like continuing for most Australian superannuation fund members, with the latest InTech data pointing to double digit returns through to the end of th...

Financial planning

Proving that advice is given in the best interests of clients is more critical than ever if financial planners want to avoid a day in court, writes Paul Resnik....

Financial planning

Active investment managers offering Australian and international funds have collectively failed to justify their higher management fees after only marginally outperformin...

Financial planning

Growth-oriented superannuation funds are on track to record their best calendar year since 2000, according to InTech Financial Services senior consultant, Andrew Korbel....

Financial planning

The good times appear to be rolling again for Australian and international share managers according to the latest data released by InTech Financial Services....

Financial planning

Growth funds are beginning to reward the faith some investors have placed in them after the median fund experienced five successive months of positive returns, following ...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

3 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months 1 week ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

3 weeks 4 days ago

A former Victorian financial adviser has been sentenced after stealing $4.4 million from clients, family and friends to feed his “raging gambling addiction”....

3 weeks 2 days ago

A financial advice firm has been penalised $11 million in the Federal Court for providing ‘cookie cutter advice’ to its clients and breaching conflicted remuneration rule...

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