EQUITY MARKETS
Editorial
The Australian banking system has not had to cope with falling property values, unlike its counterparts in most developed nations. Have we just been lucky? Robert Keavney...
Financial planning
BetaShares has launched a new product which it claims will allow investors to hedge against a decline in the value of the Australian equities market....
Financial planning
Zurich Australia has extended its product offering with the introduction of the Zurich Investments Global Equity Income Fund....
Superannuation
New ASFA analysis points to the continuing challenge of market volatility and the need for better academic research....
Financial planning
A significant majority of investors believe markets are in for a prolonged period of market turbulence, according to new research commissioned by Principal Global Investo...
Financial planning
Colonial First State has used platform flows data to generate a clearer picture of investor sentiment....
Funds management
Fund managers directed funds towards defensive blue-chip companies in 2011, from fear of the market recovery running out of steam, according to S&P....
Superannuation
Taking advantage of the potential tax benefits of buying property through a SMSF, a growing number of South Australians are turning to property for their retirement savin...
Superannuation
The number of units on issue in the Australian ETF industry was stable last month, primarily due to new money flowing into several ETFs across a number of asset classes t...
Editorial
Like their foreign counterparts, Australian bonds seem to have gone from risk-free return to return-free risk. Matthew Drennan explains why bonds are not the safe haven, ...
Editorial
The insistence of policymakers on intervention in free markets is a worry, writes Martin Conlon....
Editorial
While three key global equities markets still face trouble, there has been a major shift in investor behaviour towards this sector. Benjamin Levy reports investors are mo...
Editorial
In the current investment climate, alternative investments can provide valuable diversification. So why are investors still not jumping on the bandwagon? Freya Purnell re...
Editorial
It's been a tough 12 months for fund managers with investor sentiment persistently negative and Australian shares among the worst-performing. Unfortunately, things might ...
Editorial
When it comes to asset allocation, the focus has shifted from beating benchmarks to the requirement that liabilities are met, writes Richard Skelt....
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