Chris Kennedy

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Colonial First State (CFS) has awarded three alternatives mandates as part of an overall review of the allocations within its FirstChoice platform....

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Former Charter Financial Planning adviser Robert Bean has been given a life ban by ASIC after being found to have defrauded more than $3 million from clients....

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There has been little improvement in the lagging mortgage fund sector, with redemption pressures, difficulty lending and sluggish inflows still causing problems....

The Government's banking reforms announced in December last year, including a ban on exit fees, have already resulted in improved rates for consumers, according to Treasu...

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A $29 million class action on behalf of Fincorp investors will go ahead after being granted approval by the Federal Court of Australia on Friday....

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22 May 2011

The median superannuation growth fund returned just 0.2 per cent in April, with further appreciation of the Australian dollar reducing the unhedged returns of internation...

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22 May 2011

Growth in China will keep commodity prices high for a few more years, even as much of the Australian equity market continues to battle in the new economic environment, ac...

When misconduct from within the financial services industry leads to investor loss and hardship, investors are often unaware of existing avenues of redress and do not pur...

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The unbalanced discussion about the proposed Future of Financial Advice reforms could be a large contributor to poor investor sentiment, which keeps pushing managed fund ...

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18 May 2011

A trial arrangement between industry fund giant AustralianSuper and several financial planning dealer groups could lead to questions about the way advice services are str...

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