SMSF trustees are increasingly turning to term deposits to maximise their returns on cash holdings, according to RaboDirect....

SMSF contributions jumped almost $7,000 on average in the 2011/12 financial year, which also saw a shift away from equities to cash and term deposits....

Financial planners lack an understanding of fixed income, which has been over-complicated by fixed income asset managers, according Philip Gardner, head of asset manageme...

Macquarie Adviser Services has enhanced its product offering for SMSFs, introducing an upgrade to the functionality of its term deposits....

Financial planner sentiment has shown little recovery so far in 2012, with planners remaining deeply cautious amid continuing bad news out of the Eurozone and uncertainty...

ipac's Jeff Rogers details the thought processes behind looking through the prevailing investor pessimism and reaffirming the efficacy of long-term strategies....

Retail investors remain cautious when it comes to investing in the mortgage fund space, according to Australian Unity Investments head of mortgages Roy Prasad....

Investorfirst has announced that its Hub24 Super offering has gone live with dealer groups Ord Minnett and Sentry Group....

UBS Australia will soon launch a direct-to-member superannuation platform which the investment bank claims would be an alternative to SMSFs....

Building debt portfolios used to be easy. But it’s much harder now. These days, the debt side of portfolios should be absolutely secure and designed as three buckets. Tim...

The number of credit unions in Australia has fallen by 36 per cent over the past five years, with fierce competition coming from major banks putting the sector at further...

The number of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) used by investors is on the rise despite continued market volatility, according to the BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report ...

Platforms have been around for 25 years, but there seems to be a feeling among some industry players that it’s time for a fundamental rethink about the sector, writes Luc...

The Reserve Bank of Australia's most recent interest rate cut could spur a comeback in the Australian equities market, according to new research by Lonsec....