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Funds management

Bonds and high yielding investments will be the place to be by the end of the decade, according to former Prime Minister Paul Keating who warned investors that the “great...

Funds management

The recent stellar performance of commodity markets has prompted the separate release of two capital guaranteed commodity products for retail investors by Macquarie Portf...

Funds management

According to a new report released by Lonsec, the time is right for Australian property investors to start looking overseas for better investment opportunities....

Financial planning

Australian Unity has boosted profits on the back of growing funds under management as it edges closes to a decision on a possible demutualisation....

Editorial

Fixed interest has an important place when building a diversified portfolio, and the recent rise in new high yielding investment vehicles, such as hybrids and structured ...

Financial planning

Household savings rates in many OECD countries have fallen sharply in recent years, with the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand now having the lowe...

Financial planning

The double digit returns secured by the majority of Australian superannuation funds in 2004-05 have been reinforced by REST Superannuation which last week announced a 12....

Financial planning

The boom in self-managed superannuation funds could soon end if experiences in the United States are repeated in Australia....

Financial planning

Swiss-based asset manager Julius Baer Investments is taking its first steps into the Australian market with the launch of a absolute return bond fund for local investors....

Financial planning

A former responsible officer of Goldman Sachs JBWere subsidiary Invia Custodian has been permanently banned from providing financial services for misappropriating company...

Financial planning

The median growth-orientated superannuation fund returned -1.5 per cent in April, according to an Intech survey, the lowest one-month result since the median fund returne...

Financial planning

Superannuation fund members have been cautioned against expecting returns to match those of the last few years....

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