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Funds management

Bond manager PIMCO says falling interest rates mean now could be the time for SMSFs to swap their high cash holdings for fixed interest investments....

Editorial

Elizabeth Moran looks at the broad risk-and-return characteristics of three investment classes: cash, bonds and equities in the Australian market between October 1989 and...

Financial planning

Australians are continuing their push into SMSFs, but most financial advisers have not thought about the risks associated with a direct equity portfolio, according to Ins...

Financial planning

Australians are continuing their push into SMSFs, but most financial advisers have not thought about the risks associated with a direct equity portfolio, according to Ins...

Financial planning

Australian equities are quite cheap at the moment, but the return potential is particularly high going forward, according to Fidelity Worldwide Investment....

Financial planning

Australian equities are quite cheap at the moment, but the return potential is particularly high going forward, according to Fidelity Worldwide Investment....

Editorial

Elizabeth Moran makes a comparison between direct fixed income investment and annuities, and then with funds....

Financial planning

MLC has urged investors to apply more sophisticated investment strategies and think beyond simple income-based approaches such as cash, bonds and term deposits....

Financial planning

Equities are still attractive on a valuations basis, but volatile market conditions are likely to test the nerve of value investors in 2012, according to van Eyk head of ...

Financial planning

MLC has urged investors to apply more sophisticated investment strategies and think beyond simple income-based approaches such as cash, bonds and term deposits....

Financial planning

Equities are still attractive on a valuations basis, but volatile market conditions are likely to test the nerve of value investors in 2012, according to van Eyk head of ...

Financial planning

Defined benefit default funds outperformed defined contribution default funds by over half a per cent per year over the past 15 years with less volatility, according to g...

Financial planning

Defined benefit default funds outperformed defined contribution default funds by over half a per cent per year over the past 15 years with less volatility, according to g...

Financial planning

The pressure on superannuation funds to improve their disclosure is increasing, with SuperRatings calling on funds to reveal their performance targets....

Financial planning

The pressure on superannuation funds to improve their disclosure is increasing, with SuperRatings calling on funds to reveal their performance targets....

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