A Queensland financial planner has used his submission to the Rippoll inquiry to question the motives and actions of industry superannuation funds in what he views as a "...

Dr Peter Rathjens, chief investment officer with US-based Arrowstreet Capital, will review the conceptual underpinnings of active asset management at this year's Portfoli...

A proposed new bill will require hedge fund managers to reveal previously hidden information about their funds to both regulators and investors, and is reported to includ...

Diane Lin reports optimistic long-term prospects for the Chinese economy. However, short-term cyclical issues will continue to pose challenges....

Financial planning practices are not working with their dealer groups to tackle cash-flow problems during the downturn....

Following a tumultuous period for investors, international investing needs its own new strategy, writes Chad Padowitz....

What's in a name? Australian insurer AIG Life will from today be known as AIA Australia Limited, a change the group says aligns it with its Asian counterparts and symboli...

An Auditor-General's report has revealed that some Commonwealth Government departments and agencies will incur losses on the back of declining interest rates and bond yie...

Forty-five per cent of Australians don't believe they need additional insurance cover despite crisis....

Efforts to reduce debts are being hampered by an illiquid marketplace, downside risks have crystallised....

Twenty-eight per cent of venture capital managers will not be able to raise capital within the next seven years....

How safe are cash and bonds? Dominic McCormick examines the state of these asset classes and whether the perception that they are investment safe havens is accurate....

A new analysis suggests the global financial crisis is not just impacting wealth, but also health....

Dealer group Hillross is exploiting a growing trend by accounting firms to include financial planning in their offering to help drive its growth....