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Editorial

Robert Keavney considers the active versus passive funds management debate and concludes that both sides’ arguments are too simplistic....

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Financial planning

It’s a competitive market out there in the acquisitions space as dealer groups compete to build scale. But as JAYSON FORREST discovered, Financial Services Partners belie...

Editorial

The storm-term impact of the global financial crisis could have long-term benefits for aviation investors, writes Peter Meany....

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Funds management

Noting an uptick in retail investor sentiment towards property, NAB has launched its first property trust in two years....

Financial planning

Paying planner entitlements from fund managers and life insurers on a daily basis is proving a successful method of attracting new planners to dealer group Synchron, espe...

Superannuation

Can inflation-linked Commonwealth government and semi-government bonds provide a suitable investment option for those needing a truly defensive portfolio? Stephen Hart in...

Editorial

With so much focus on remuneration, Rick Di Cristoforo believes it may be time for financial advisory services to proactively educate their clients on the value they offe...

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Life/Risk

Insurance planning is a critical component of a robust financial plan, particularly during periods of economic uncertainty, writes Rachel Leong. ...

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Editorial

In the wake of recent corporate scandals and the global financial crisis, Ray Griffin asks whether the label ‘financial planner’ has become a burden to the industry....

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Policy & Regulation

Finance broker offers warning to businesses contemplating taking up the ATO's offer to defer tax payments....

Financial planning

Despite many unique challenges facing regional planners, they have proved surprisingly resilient amid the economic downturn. Benjamin Levy reports....

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Editorial

Mike Mitchell examines the recent changes to the Government’s supervision of philanthropic giving and weighs up the advantages and disadvantages....

Financial planning

Low-cost dealer Dover Group, which reputedly offers the lowest member fees in the planning sector at $670 per month, is set to raise its fees to a 'more sustainable level...

Editorial

Calls of the property sector’s imminent death are now fading, writes Patrick Noble....

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Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority wants to lift the bar on the liquidity requirements for banks and other authorised deposit-taking institutions....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

4 weeks ago

Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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