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A HSBC quarterly fund manager survey has stated that over half of fund managers hold a positive outlook about bonds, although investors may look towards reducing interest...
Funds management
A-REIT sentiment is down due to increasing interest rates, according to the latest Russell Investments Investment Manager Outlook....
Financial planning
Commodities will continue to be the focus for many investors as they move into 2010, but equities will also look attractive....
Editorial
Global credit, with its historically high yields, should feature in any fixed-income investment, writes Matthew McCrum....
Financial planning
Zenith Investment Research has placed a 'recommended' rating on two new absolute return funds, AQR Delta and the JANA Triplepoint....
Financial planning
ASIC produces a consultation paper aimed at discussion around the creation of retail access to corporate bonds....
Financial planning
The global financial crisis (GFC) has caused unnecessary concern around more complex investment products, leading investors to miss out on significant gains, according to...
Editorial
Robert Keavney considers the active versus passive funds management debate and concludes that both sides’ arguments are too simplistic....
Life/Risk
The Tax Office has issued an alert about life insurance bonds issued from tax havens to Australian residents that are aimed at circumventing tax payable under foreign inv...
Financial planning
With universal rejection of the proposal to mandate superannuation investment into infrastructure assets, the search for alternative methods to meet the shortfall in infr...
Editorial
Trustees should be free to make investment decisions without regulatory influences that create artificial markets for certain classes, writes Pauline Vamos....
Financial planning
A reluctance to commit to infrastructure investment may prompt the Federal Government to look to alternatives such as bonds to fund future projects....
Financial planning
Three people who ran an investment advice business without being licensed have been given prison sentences, although all were fully suspended....
Financial planning
The occurrence of range-bound markets is an interesting dynamic for managed futures and generally means that investors should adopt a long-term time horizon when investin...
Superannuation
Can inflation-linked Commonwealth government and semi-government bonds provide a suitable investment option for those needing a truly defensive portfolio? Stephen Hart in...
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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 ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...