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Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has made the decision to close its Mortgage Income Trust (MIT) and Wholesale Mortgage Income Trust (WMIT)....
Financial planning
Netwealth appoints UBS GAM to manage investments....
Funds management
As investors look to diversify their portfolios, Certitude Global Investment chief executive Craig Mowll says he has seen a renewed interest in fund managers taking an ac...
Financial planning
Law firm Slater & Gordon said the changes put forward by the ASX to continuous disclosure would present "a plus" for investors, claiming much of the grey area will be rem...
Superannuation
Although recent data show a significant drop in concessional contribution cap breaches, MLC has warned those numbers could spike again once the second halving of the caps...
Funds management
The underlying asset prices of Australian exchange-traded funds (ETFs) swelled to grow the industry's market capitalisation by 3.9 per cent over September, according to B...
Funds management
The introduction of 'daily pricing' for hedge funds may placate anxious investors, but it will only end up hurting investment performance, says Certitude chief executive ...
Financial planning
Funds manager Vanguard Investments has announced that it intends publishing quarterly portfolio holdings for all of its funds from this month onwards....
Funds management
Vanguard will soon publish quarterly portfolio holding reports for all of its funds in a move to improve transparency for investors....
Editorial
The popularity of term deposits is currently so high that other product providers need to fight for a little bit of airspace. But is it just a matter of time until term d...
Editorial
With bond yields at multi-year lows, BT's Piers Bolger asks whether investing in fixed income continues to make sense....
Funds management
Although investors may be unfamiliar with managed futures, a lack of directional bias can offer protection on the downside, says Aspect Capital chief executive Anthony To...
Editorial
With every investment management firm claiming it is different from its competitors, Allan Gray asks what it means to be contrarian....
Superannuation
A number of Australian investors have traded equity risk for interest rate risk by switching into cash, according to ETF provider iShares Australia and Dr Doug Turek, man...
Editorial
While equities no longer have the appeal they had prior to the financial crisis, sophisticated fixed interest strategies are springing up in their wake....
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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...