Managed Funds Review

  • Get ready for a post-commission world

    19 August 2009 | Leng Yeow | The Australian Financial Review

    The end of commissions should make products cheaper - but this isn't necessarily going to happen, writes Leng Yeow.

  • Risky business to ignore basics

    19 August 2009 | Jane Searle | The Australian Financial Review

    There's nothing like watching hard-earned investments wilt to teach investors tough lessons, writes Jane Searle.

  • There's more than fees to consider if chasing returns

    19 August 2009 | Jane Searle | The Australian Financial Review

    Industry funds can outperform competing retail funds on fees and asset allocation, writes Jane Searle.

  • Minnows deliver, but not their best

    19 August 2009 | Brendon Lau | The Australian Financial Review

    Small-cap funds may have been the best performing class in the June quarter, but it is clear that the average small-cap manager had been too conservative during what was possibility the strongest rally for junior stocks in decades.

  • Global or local? Investors and advisers must remain flexible

    19 August 2009 | Alison Kahler | The Australian Financial Review

    Fund managers will need to justify why clients should consider global shares, writes Alison Kahler.

  • Tough love as active managers are abandoned

    19 August 2009 | David Ciampa | The Australian Financial Review

    Investors have reacted fiercely to poor performing fund managers by heading in droves to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the past 12months and questioning the merits of paying hefty management fees for losses.

  • Bond returns best in a decade but repeat performance unlikely

    19 August 2009 | Katja Buhrer | The Australian Financial Review

    Australian bond funds delivered their best annual performance in more than a decade as steep interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia and a flight to the safety of government bonds inflated returns.

  • Sector ready to start building results after collapse

    19 August 2009 | Lisa Carapiet | The Australian Financial Review

    The Australian real estate investment trusts sector took fund managers for a tumultuous ride in the 2009 financial year, but a sharp comeback in stock prices over recent months has soothed the pain.

  • If returns aren't super, find out why

    19 August 2009 | Sally Patten | The Australian Financial Review

    If you're not happy with the returns from your super fund, you should be asking questions, writes Sally Patten.

  • After year of two halves comes positioning for the recovery

    19 August 2009 | Peter Wells | The Australian Financial Review

    Supported by upbeat economic data, strong share price rises have brought equity markets back towards fairer levels in recent months.