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Financial planning

Will buy $1.6 million of listed and unlisted Mariner bonds and sell off excess contracts to sell off its debt....

Financial planning

Justin McCarthy outlines how you can make the most of the government deposit guarantee....

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Financial planning

George Avramides examines the social security assessment of insurance policies....

Financial planning

Ratings house Standard & Poor's is in the process of changing the way in which it rates CDOs, with the result that many of the products may be downgraded...

Financial planning

ASIC's deputy chairman, Jeremy Cooper, has flagged the regulator’s intention to take an increasing role in the education of retail investors, but should this be the regul...

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Financial planning

Shadow Superannuation Minister proposes creation of Government-issued CPI-linked bonds to support the now dwindling products offered by annuities companies and reduce the...

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Funds management

Sixty seven per cent of fund managers bullish about greater China equities....

Editorial

The rapid deterioration in market sentiment could be creating opportunities for savvy investors, writes Aviva's Stuart Fechner....

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Editorial

The diverse agribusiness sector is experiencing both highs and lows in the current downturn, writes AMAL AWAD....

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Financial planning

Lewis Securities has been put into liquidation after revealing debts of $31.3 million....

Editorial

Dominic McCormick looks at what went wrong with hedge funds in 2008 and the outlook for these funds in the wake of the global financial crisis....

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Financial planning

While Australian parliament debates ......

Financial planning

Pentagon Properties Group to pick up Mariner Credit Corporation....

Editorial

While punters are wagering on a grim 2009, the outlook is anything but certain. Industry figures offer their thoughts on what lies ahead for financial services....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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