It is said that a year is a long time in politics but in the world of technology and software it is close to eternity....
Will master trusts and planning software ever merge. John Wilkinson finds opinion is still divided....
I HAVE asked dozens of financial planners where they add value to their clients. Their usual response is through advice and strategy....
While many investors are steering clear of offshore markets, GEORGE LIONDIS reports that Frank Russell has stuck to its guns with its heavy international equities weighti...
The success of Australia’s Listed Property Trust (LPT) sector is driving the products, and those who invest in them, increasingly offshore. GEORGE LIONDIS reports....
AUSTRALIAN retail investors have lost faith in US stocks and have started to look elsewhere, placing the US markets under pressure to provide a stable investment ground, ...
An understanding of market movements is essential for financial planners and as ROBERT KEAVNEY writes, taking a longer term view will always reveal the underlying fundame...
The Count Financial group has flagged a small increase in its after tax profit for the 2001-02 financial year, despite another horror year on investment markets....
The AMP group has announced that it is expecting to face greater than anticipated losses in its investment income as a result of the continuing downturn on global equity ...
Listed financial services group Terrain Australia is predicting a loss of between $700,000 and $1,200,000 for the year ending June 30, 2002....
Lonsec has downgraded two of Rothschild Australia Asset Management’s funds from recommended to approved status, sighting the Westpac’s purchase of the fund manager introd...
The Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) looks set to result in further compliance and legislative costs to superannuation funds offering member investment choice, warns ...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...