MARKETS

Financial planning

Despite concerns, the current market environment is better than many think thanks to support from central banks and governments....

Funds management

While shares are at risk of a short-term correction, there is a rising trend continuing with banks, telcos, utilities, and retail stocks are leading the market higher. ...

Funds management

The cyclical trade in equities may already be waning, according to AXA IM, in a rising equity market with energy and financials less likely to outperform. ...

Funds management

Those investors who have only invested in the stockmarket in the past year are likely to be challenged in the next few weeks as the market undergoes a pullback, according...

Funds management

Markets will move towards a ‘Roaring 20s’ style with higher cash balances, high savings ratio, increased net housing wealth, and lower household debt, indicating a multi-...

Funds management

Despite a global pandemic, data from FE Analytics has found only two major stockmarkets ended the year in negative territory. ...

People & Products

Broking platforms SelfWealth and OpenMarkets have announced they will continue their partnership for a further three years, having first joined forces in 2017....

Funds management

Wealth and superannuation manager, Nucleus Wealth, has said it will remain cautious, although it was helped by managing to de-risk portfolios before the markets went into...

Expert Analysis

As local and global markets continue to endure political and economic impediments, investors are re-evaluating their return expectations. So, Simon Doyle writes, what’s a...

Expert Analysis

Simon Ho writes that sensible investors will be looking to own some sort of protection strategy this year, as the risk of a period of high volatility grows stronger....

Financial planning

Investors on average expect the All Ordinaries Index to grow by +0.3 per cent over the next few months, according to Investment Trends....

Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has warned that super members shouldn’t panic over last week’s share market falls, as they stand to lose from swappin...

Funds management

Data from FE Analytics showed some big global names have upped their allocations to cash, which could be a signal that managers are nervous about a possible market crash....

Funds management

This month has marked one of the longest US bull stock markets in US history, according to Eaton Vance....

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government has released the exposure draft legislation granting the Australian Securities and Investments Commission product intervention powers and the abil...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 6 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 3 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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