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Financial planning

An overwhelming majority of financial planners and brokers agree bond exchange traded funds (ETFs) need to be better explained before they are accepted, according to a su...

People & Products

Challenger recruits Cathy Hales as GM for boutique partnerships....

Financial planning

An unconditional promise from the European Central Bank (ECB) to be the buyer of last resort for Italian bonds would provide reassurance to the market, according to Russe...

Funds management

Exchange traded fund investors returned to riskier assets in October as fears eased on the European debt crisis and US corporations showed positive third quarter earnings...

Editorial

There is a striking similarity between what debt-ridden European countries are going through now and what some Latin American countries were going through more than a dec...

Editorial

Investor sentiment is still low and financial advisers are blamed for losses. Advisers will face a difficult period in the next 12 months, but will be presented with a ra...

Funds management

Catastrophe bonds help companies to reduce the risk of loss from extreme events and are a useful source of diversification for investors, according to Van Eyk Research....

Financial planning

In the low-growth 'new normal' of the global economy, countries need to find a way to grow that is not accompanied by the accumulation of debt, according to PIMCO head of...

Editorial

The Government guarantee on deposits was recently capped at $250,000. Tamara Radice details the facts about the change and explores options available to investors under t...

Funds management

Yesterday's S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Income Index Series launch is an important step in towards the creation of fixed income exchange traded funds in Australia, according...

Editorial

Robert Keavney agrees that the USA should be stripped of its AAA rating - and wonders whether it could be downgraded further. ...

Editorial

Stephen Hart outlines a low-risk strategy to double an investor’s money in 10 years....

Funds management

Portfolio allocation theory needs to be improved as retirees worry about a significant reduction in their capital base, according to data released by the Property Funds A...

Financial planning

The search for safety amid global market downturns has hailed the return to more conservative asset classes, according to EPFR....

Financial planning

With traditional income-yielding investments such as government bonds delivering poor yields, there has been significant growth in the number of income funds that are bas...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 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 ...

5 months 2 weeks ago

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

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

5 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

2 weeks 5 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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