The event of the Australian financial advice industry begins in earnest this week with the national conference for financial planners kicking off in Sydney tomorrow.
This year the Financial Planning Association of Australia’s National Conference has a heavy emphasis on education and raising standards, yet when the event …
Last week burningpants reported on how some managed funds in China have managed to return close to twice the amount investors held in their accounts back in January.
However this exceptional performance has now been outstripped by a US hedge fund, which claims to have delivered investors a …
Australian investors and advisers did not anticipate the woes currently besetting global and domestic share markets this month according to recent data collected by CoreData.
The All Ords is down 6.6% in November, however at the end of October both investors and advisers were optimistic as to the …
Asset allocation decisions are more trying than usual for UK investors right now. Fears of a slowdown in consumer spending, high oil prices and the strong position of Sterling suggest investors and the UK market could be in for a rocky ride.
Historically UK investors have long held …
Australians have put climate change, industrial relations and health ahead of the economy in terms of the first priorities for the newly elected Rudd government.
A CoreData poll that opened yesterday reveals almost one in three people (31%) believe action relating to Australia’s stance on climate change is …
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man, former US President Ronald Reagan once said.
In China, investors who hold their money in savings and term deposit accounts are slowly appreciating this perspective with the average …
