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Superannuation

Self-managed super fund trustees have shied away from cash due to falling interest rates but stayed close to defensive and low-risk assets, shifting funds into fixed inte...

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Editorial

AMP has driven solid cashflows out of its platform acquisitions, but planning firm flows prove patchy....

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Superannuation

AMP Capital is investing significant resources in developing products specifically for SMSFs and is currently looking to recruit an executive to focus on this area....

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Financial planning

Australian Financial Services ends its run as licence cancelled under voluntary administration....

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Superannuation

New white paper points to planning opportunities and a problematic vertically-integrated model....

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Financial planning

Warning that FOFA fee disclosure requirements will create more problems than they fix....

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Financial planning

Colonial First State has reassumed its position at the top of the Wealth Insights platform rankings. ...

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Financial planning

Consumers are displaying less signs of stress in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest data released by Dun & Bradstreet as part of its Consumer Financi...

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Funds management

Ratings house, Standard & Poor’s has been targeted for litigation in the wake of proposed Lehman settlement with Australian councils....

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Financial planning

With ASIC delaying its work on a financial planner training framework, progress on raising the bar on education seems to be stuck in limbo, writes Tim Stewart....

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Financial planning

AMP-owned dealer group ipac is is looking to further tap into the accumulator client segment by building advice capabilities to support this market. ...

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Editorial

While significant progress has been made in achieving gender equality within the financial services industry, Milana Pokrajac and Bela Moore find there is still a long wa...

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Editorial

International experts have warned home bias could prove detrimental to Aussie investors, reports Janine Mace....

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Editorial

With term deposit rates falling and bond yields at historic lows, investors are finally ready to listen. Janine Mace reports things are looking good for the Australian eq...

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People & Products

AMP has appointed SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australian (SPAA) technical director Peter Burgess as head of policy and technical across the institution’s SMSF divi...

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