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Editorial

If Harvard professor Larry Summers is to be believed, the US – and the world – can expect bleak times ahead, with sluggish growth and an ever-increasing jobless rate. But...

Editorial

Despite strong performance from equity markets in Australia this year and improving economic data globally, uneasiness about risk persists. David Redford-Bell looks at ho...

Funds management

JP Morgan Asset Management has spread its presence in Australia by setting up a wholesale business and launching two new funds....

Superannuation

SMSF trustees should look to commercial property to avoid overheated residential property investment market. ...

Funds management

Index funds benefit as investors look overseas amid concerns over bond fund returns....

Financial planning

Warning that the newly-implemented credit changes could ultimately disadvantage loan applicants....

Funds management

After five years of negative quarterly cash flows, retail FUM appear to be gaining momentum – recording growth for the third consecutive quarter....

Editorial

Marcelle Murphy from Advance explores the role of emerging markets in a diversified investment strategy....

Editorial

IOOF chief executive Chris Kelaher signals the company will look for growth off the back of a solid result underpinned by advice and inflows. ...

Financial planning

Can cash ETFs give clients bang for their buck? BetaShares’ Alex Vynokur shares his view....

Editorial

As we enter the post-global financial crisis era, investor confidence is returning and interest rates are staying at record lows. But has the lustre worn off term deposit...

Superannuation

SMSF investors look to global equities as cash becomes less appealing. ...

Funds management

A “bumpy ride” for stocks and bonds and the increasing correlation between them means alternative assets are a necessity for a successful portfolio. ...

Funds management

A well-diversified portfolio across asset classes will be key to maintaining investment returns as the Fed tapers quantitative easing. ...

Editorial

With the share market growing at a slow pace, 2014 is likely to be a year of consolidation for Australia, write Roger Bridges and Jason Kim. But the dollar could be the w...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

4 weeks ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

2 weeks 6 days ago