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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Editorial

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

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Editorial

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

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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...

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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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Financial planning

With the typical balanced portfolio in need of more risk diversification and the traditional safe haven of bonds offering little yield, investment grade credit and privat...

Editorial

Post global financial crisis regulation, changing government policy and a shift in demographics have created a very different investment landscape to that of previous dec...

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Editorial

What is an appropriate fee structure and level for an Australian equities fund for which performance fees are charged?...

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

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

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

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

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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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