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Retail investors have shown their increasing appetite for placing capital in infrastructure investments, providing $123 million worth of fund flows for the Macquarie Inte...
Financial planning
New research has revealed that nearly half the Australian public believes socially responsible investments deliver lower returns than mainstream funds, despite the majori...
Financial planning
Research undertaken by BT Financial Group covering investor behaviour over most of the past 30 years is continuing to confirm that women tend to make better investment de...
Funds management
Global equities are being supported by buoyant liquidity despite fund managers remaining concerned about the outlook for corporate earnings, according to a Merrill Lynch ...
Financial planning
Superannuation funds in Australia have had their net positive cash inflow underwritten for so long by the Superannuation Guarantee they have become incautious about liqui...
Financial planning
The head of a fund manager dealing in commodities believes investors can maximise the returns on investments from the commodities boom if they examine small cap companies...
Financial planning
Investors should strive to obtain an accurate value for assets they are considering purchasing and pay a price below that value irrespective of the asset class being asse...
Funds management
A global survey has revealed that despite growing interest in fund of hedge funds, less than a quarter of the pension schemes that invest in them are satisfied with their...
Funds management
Boutique property developer and fund manager Fortia Funds Management has launched a hybrid property fund offering a cash investment component as a means of driving the qu...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought 30 criminal charges against Robert Orehek regarding the misappropriation of mezzanine finance funds raise...
Superannuation
An unregistered managed investment scheme involving the Victoria Garden Retirement Village and Primelife Corporation had a liquidator appointed to it this week following ...
Policy & Regulation
Vanguard Investments Australia has warned investors to be wary about the tax implications of high portfolio turnover in regard to the net returns they are expecting to re...
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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’...
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...