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Financial planning

Australian Unity Personal Financial Services has selected Morningstar Australasia to provide research and analysis support....

Financial planning

Fee-for-service financial advisers will be more likely to find value in unbundling services rather than using an all-in-one wrap, according to Sharesight executive direct...

Financial planning

Large-cap Australian share funds are among the least active in the world when compared to other single-country and international share funds....

Financial planning

In the short term, we often see dramatic differences in the performance of hedged vs unhedged international equities portfolios. How much (if any) of an international equ...

Editorial

In the short term, we often see dramatic differences in the performance of hedged vs unhedged international equities portfolios. How much (if any) of an international equ...

Financial planning

Major considerations for investors in Asia are the same as for any asset class - risk and return. In Asia though, the potential returns and risks can be very different fr...

Financial planning

Growth assets continued their decline in the third quarter, with three out of five large cap managers underperforming the already dismal returns of the index, according t...

Editorial

Given the dichotomy between high growth emerging markets and low-growth developed markets, should all portfolios be 'overweight' to emerging market equities? If so, overw...

Editorial

This month PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: Given the dichotomy between high growth emerging markets and low-growth developed markets, should all po...

Financial planning

Global small cap funds can provide significant diversification benefits to a balanced portfolio, but the strategy's inherent volatility can make more conservative investo...

Financial planning

A significant proportion of financial planners are unaware of the business model of their research providers, a Money Management survey suggests....

Financial planning

Morningstar has taken a cautious view of fully hedged international share funds in its International Equities Sector Wrap-up, with only two of the 49 strategies given the...

Financial planning

Listed property appears to be returning to its previous model and slowly becoming a defensive asset again, resulting in more positive financial adviser and investor attit...

Financial planning

Financial planners are increasingly recommending passive investments to their clients, but there is debate about the reasons behind the move away from active strategies....

Editorial

What is an appropriate fee structure and level for an Australian equities fund for which performance fees are charged?...

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