Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) offer investors a simple, transparent and diversified investment solution. But Vanguard Investments Australia believes education is important to provide clarity on the workings of this relatively new investment vehicle.

Investors have been cautioned about overly optimistic expectations for investment returns from emerging markets.

Proposed reforms to the Australian financial services industry will position Australia as one of the leading financial service markets in the world in terms of low cost and transparency, according to Vanguard Investments Australia's new managing director, Mr. John James.

The global economy will be self-sustaining in the wake of the global economic crisis, despite some near-term risks and secular US concerns such as the jobless rate and high debt, according to Vanguard's US-based Chief Economist, Joe Davis.

Vanguard Investments Australia has announced that John James has been appointed as Managing Director, effective 1 May. Mr. James, 42, is an Australian who has worked as an executive at Vanguard's U.S. headquarters in Pennsylvania since 2008.

In the 18 years since compulsory superannuation came into effect it has achieved a great deal but in one area it seems to have been a significant failure.

The recent release of APRA’s March quarter superannuation statistics certainly provides a powerful curtain-raiser to the imminent unveiling of the final report from the Cooper superannuation review.

The rapid ageing of Australia’s population means that complaints to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal about super death benefits will inevitably rise.

Spring cleaning may be therapeutic for the soul but for investors the end of a financial year is often approached with all the joy of root canal work.

Every August, the tax commissioner releases the ATO’s comprehensive compliance program for the new financial year, providing a heads-up or early warning of where tax officers will pay extra attention in the new financial year.