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Russell Investments has launched its second Australian exchange-traded fund (ETF), Russell Australian Value ETF, which was developed based on the manager's research on va...

Financial planning

At least 60 per cent of active managers failed to outperform their relative benchmarks over a five-year period, with the exception of the Australian equity small-cap sect...

Financial planning

A proposed increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12 per cent by 2019 is slower than Australians would like....

Financial planning

New data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority suggests the co-contributions regime has lost some of its initial gloss....

Editorial

Since their inception, the eight Platinum international funds have exceeded their respective indexes by a staggering 10 per cent per annum. Robert Keavney explores the cu...

Financial planning

CFS has revamped its FirstChoice Wholesale platform to offer fees lower than industry funds....

Financial planning

Employment and advertised jobs statistics reveal a resilient Australian job market, particularly in the finance and banking sectors....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the recent Industry Super Network-commissioned surveys about opt-in only serve to distract attention from the reality of the changes: they will in...

Financial planning

Sentiment among Australian financial advisers appears to be recovering from the initial negativity generated by the Government’s announcement of the Future of Finan...

Financial planning

Macquarie Funds Group has announced it will remove the performance fee and change the benchmark of the Macquarie International Infrastructure Securities Fund (MIISF) in t...

Financial planning

Financial advice issues are still a significant factors in complaints handled by the Financial Ombudsman Service....

Financial planning

Consumers will now be able to view comparative tables about the disputes performance of major financial services providers as part of a new initiative by the Financial Om...

Financial planning

Australian investors plan to move out of cash and into the market in 2011, as many plan to rebalance their portfolios, according to CoreData....

Financial planning

BNY Mellon Asset Management has taken its Global Alpha Trust to the retail market....

Financial planning

SMSF specialists urged to factor in the inflation of bubbles....

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