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Financial planning

A new survey suggests a lack of awareness among Australian investors about interest rates and the time it takes to make a switch to another bank....

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Financial planning

Equity lever is a simple investment solution designed for a wide range of investors, including SMSFs....

Superannuation

Investors’ love affair with cash could be heading for heartbreak if they don’t diversify, according to head of Australian Unity Investments, David Bryant....

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Funds management

A love affair with so-called 'safe haven' products such as cash will hurt investor returns without proper diversification, according to AUI....

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Funds management

Institutional investors across Europe and Asia are seeking regular investment income rather than capital appreciation, a new report by Fidelity Worldwide Investment has r...

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Editorial

The increasing acceptance of managed futures is welcome news, but Dominic McCormick believes retail investors should know what to expect....

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Superannuation

Average SMSF contributions have grown from $40,700 last year to $47,533 for the 2011/2012 financial year, according to the recently released Multiport SMSF Investment Pat...

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees are increasingly turning to term deposits to maximise their returns on cash holdings, according to RaboDirect....

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Superannuation

SMSF contributions jumped almost $7,000 on average in the 2011/12 financial year, which also saw a shift away from equities to cash and term deposits....

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Funds management

With Australian interest rates likely to continue falling, investors should consider reallocating out of cash and into global equities, according to Threadneedle head of ...

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Funds management

Standard & Poor's half-yearly fixed interest peer review said active managers continued to struggle in 2012 as issues in peripheral Europe showed no signs of abating....

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Editorial

ipac's Jeff Rogers details the thought processes behind looking through the prevailing investor pessimism and reaffirming the efficacy of long-term strategies....

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Superannuation

There are two aspects of the European debt crisis that investors need to consider, according to Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity Worldwide Investment....

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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, ...

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Editorial

Piers Bolger believes that emerging market debt will continue to grow in prominence and provide an alternative debt solution to developed market economies....

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