Managing a share portfolio is hard work. Managing a bond portfolio is even harder, but there are plenty of upsides.
An Australian options expert has created a way to track price moves in interest rate markets allowing traders to get exposure to moves.
Rather than taxing private pensions once people hit retirement, the Abbott government may be about to extend the tax benefit.
As more lending moves beyond the heavily regulated banking sector, global regulators are clamouring to understand the risks of the $75 trillion asset management sector.
Billions in debt being racked up by the Abbott Government over the next year may not have to be repaid until 2045, when the prime minister will turn 88.
Sydney retiree Dante Crisante reckons the retirement income system is broken.
In aggregate, SMSFs have outperformed the large super funds over the seven years to June 2013, with three asset classes - Australian shares, cash and unlisted property - proving winners. However, with changes to the economic order and the end of the financial year looming, it's a good time to review portfolio allocations.
Retail investors who are frustrated with withered term deposit rates but who lack the funds to enter the wholesale bond market can now access a secondary market of 17 Australian corporate bonds listed on the ASX.
Wealthier retirees may have to resort to riskier growth strategies to maintain their lifestyle, amid part-pension cuts and low interest rates.
The one thing all investors should be thinking about right now is where the long-term risk-free rate, or 10-year government bond yield, is l...
The fixed-income market has been battered as investors flee low-yielding bonds. It spells potential trouble for sharemarket investors who ha...
