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Financial planning

For Barclays Global Investors (BGI), standing ahead of the pack comes down to the three Ps of business – people, process and performance. At least that’s what BGI chief e...

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Financial planning

Financial services recruitment specialist Lynn Muirhead has predicted the Government’s recent tax changes relating to superannuation will spur a barrage of movement among...

Financial planning

Global markets are working in new ways, with periods of prosperity interspersed with asset bubbles instead of the traditional economic cycle of boom periods followed by a...

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Financial planning

Perpetual has launched a capital protected structured product that aims to provide investors with exposure to accelerated wealth potential....

Funds management

New research has revealed the illogical nature of allocating only a small percentage of an investment portfolio to direct property, which in the past decade has provided ...

Financial planning

Multi asset structured products is an evolving product set that is appealing to a wider group of investors, according to Citigroup....

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Funds management

The dynamic nature of the current funds management industry is characterised by leading individuals devoted to new ways of doing things, according to Future Fund chair Da...

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Financial planning

Australians have more money invested in managed funds than any other nation, with inflows having doubled over the past five years, according to a new survey....

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Funds management

A thorough review of its strategic asset allocation policy has seen multi-manager OptiMix add a Global Emerging Markets asset class to a number of its diversified funds....

Financial planning

Equities don’t always outperform other asset classes, time diversification is a worthless concept and market timing is necessary and expected, according to Ken Solow, chi...

Financial planning

Australian Financial Services Group has decided to add a separately managed account to the range of recommended products its advisers can offer their clients....

Financial planning

Standard & Poor’s is advocating investors take relatively short durations within fixed-income portfolios or a higher allocation to cash due to prevailing interest rate un...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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