INVESTORS
Editorial
Investors remain nervous and are still heavily invested in cash, but are they doing the right thing? How serious is the threat of macro issues, and when will it be the ri...
Editorial
Stephen Hart examines the rising cost of living and ways to protect clients against a rise in both the consumer price index (CPI) and its volatility....
Financial planning
Investors in managed funds need to pay more attention to the array of upfront and ongoing fees and learn how to best negotiate them down, according to new research....
Financial planning
As the dust settles on the post-GFC world, Janine Mace discovers that the previously mundane world of fixed interest investments is now in vogue. ...
Superannuation
The number of investors allocating towards exchange-traded funds will increase 35 to 50 per cent in the next two years in the wake of the current proliferation of product...
Funds management
There will be a surge in the number of investors embracing exchange-traded funds in the next two years, since they are increasingly being taken up by financial advisers....
Financial planning
A group of investors in the Premium Income Fund (PIF) have delayed any further action by Brisbane-based fund manager Wellington Capital until a planned hearing next week....
Financial planning
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has come out in response to the release of a new litigation service for investors from law firm Slater & Gordon, calling it "mislead...
Financial planning
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is warning investors to steer clear of tax avoidance schemes and seek independent financial advice as the end of the financial year r...
Financial planning
Yellow Brick Road has successfully completed its capital raising of over $12.5 million, with Macquarie Investment Management showing a late interest in the group....
Financial planning
When misconduct from within the financial services industry leads to investor loss and hardship, investors are often unaware of existing avenues of redress and do not pur...
Financial planning
Financial advisers may see the advantages of advising on exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but the increasing popularity of ETFs is being driven by self-directed investors, a...
Funds management
A Standard & Poor's (S&P) analyst has said that investors who paid for active returns in the Australian fixed interest sector have been receiving them throughout 2010, si...
Financial planning
The Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) has shifted the focus of its members and their investors, and has announced it will soon be seeking member a...
Financial planning
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has launched new volatility and high beta indices that will measure specific stock characteristics within the S&P 500....
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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’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...