INVESTORS
Editorial
An Australian Crime Commission report into investment scams has underscored the role financial planners have in protecting investors from themselves....
Financial planning
BetaShares has launched a new product which it claims will allow investors to hedge against a decline in the value of the Australian equities market....
Financial planning
It is highly unlikely that 37 investors who lost approximately $680,000 in a Gold Coast-based investment scam will ever recover their money, according to ASIC....
Financial planning
The 'serious money' being funnelled into Australian agribusiness is coming from overseas, according to Australian Agribusiness Group managing director Marcus Elgin....
Financial planning
Colonial First State has used platform flows data to generate a clearer picture of investor sentiment....
Editorial
Dominick McCormick argues that shares, not bonds, should be the core of long-term portfolios....
Financial planning
City Index Australasia and its director Blair Jason Travers have been found guilty in Melbourne's Federal Court of a cold-calling scam that promised to generate returns f...
Editorial
During the GFC, direct property had a number of issues related to manager capability, asset quality, illiquidity and gearing. However, the sector has been working hard to...
Superannuation
The number of units on issue in the Australian ETF industry was stable last month, primarily due to new money flowing into several ETFs across a number of asset classes t...
Editorial
In order to bring back the appeal of managed funds, Australia needs to comply with the newly created international standards on managed fund structures, according to Harv...
Financial planning
Two men have pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney to operating a Ponzi scheme called the Integrity Plus Fund....
Editorial
One of the areas where the cycle of pessimism and optimism offers regular interesting opportunities is listed investment companies, writes Dominic McCormick....
Editorial
Dr Stephen Nash looks at asset allocation and why some balanced funds are not so balanced....
Funds management
Australian Property Growth Fund and Cyre Trilogy Group are accusing each other of misleading investors in their battle over the management of four Austgrowth Property Tru...
Editorial
While three key global equities markets still face trouble, there has been a major shift in investor behaviour towards this sector. Benjamin Levy reports investors are mo...
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Podcast
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...