GLOBAL EQUITIES
Funds management
Investors may have to consider either maintaining or even increasing their risk if they want to achieve the returns needed to fund their retirement....
Funds management
Quantitative easing has wiped out safe-havens for investors who will need to find new avenues within emerging markets in which to invest....
Funds management
Drip-feeding savings into the share market could cushion wary investors from market volatility while increasing their yields over time, a wealth adviser believes. ...
Funds management
Australian large cap equities have outperformed fixed income by 23 per cent over the last 12 months although this is only expected to hold moderately over the coming year...
Financial planning
AltaVista launches upgraded version of Portfolio Builder aimed at allowing financial advisers to blend their own ETF portfolios....
Editorial
Australians have sought offshore diversification for years. The logical extension is to think more deeply about how to make offshore exposures complement local ones, acco...
Funds management
Despite a cautious outlook on the global recovery over the short term, Australian funds managers appear to have bullish sentiment when it comes to international and Austr...
Funds management
Private equity funding to become more popular as equity and bond market concerns force investors to look elsewhere....
Funds management
Over the 30 years to 30 June 2013, major asset class indices have returned between 8.2 per cent and 11.6 per cent per annum, led by Australian shares, Vanguard’s 2013 Ind...
Funds management
Certitude’s latest survey reveals that investors appetite for global assets is increasing in line with performance expectations....
Funds management
Following on from poor performance in 2011, emerging markets (EM) equities delivered strong returns over the 2012 calendar year, with the sector expected to grow in promi...
Funds management
Australian assets have delivered a trifecta for investors over the last 10-20 years - but that is likely to change, say Russell Investments. ...
Funds management
Australia has recorded the fastest growing level of assets under management among the world’s top 10 developed countries, growing faster than the Netherlands, Germany and...
Funds management
More than half of Australian high net worth (HNW) investors expect global markets to rise over the next year, while cooling their outlook on the domestic front....
Funds management
Assets under management (AUM) for the top 100 alternative investment managers reached $3.1 trillion in 2012, with Macquarie Bank taking out the top spot in Towers Watson’...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...