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Editorial

The blurring of lines between developed and emerging markets have made global equities a tricky investment zone, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t lucrative opportunitie...

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Editorial

A Chinese credit bubble could have a damaging domino effect on the Australian economy if not managed properly, Craig Swanger writes....

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Financial planning

More than one-in-three financial institutions are planning pay increases for staff within the next six months, a survey of human resources managers claims....

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Editorial

Good inflows into retail investment segments, retirement incomes and superannuation has seen retail and wholesale managed funds FUM/A jump over the 12 months to March. ...

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Financial planning

The group risk space has grown by almost a third in the last year, new data shows. ...

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Editorial

Advisers must look beyond the controversy from the recent Budget and determine what opportunities and risks it offers for their clients, David Glen writes....

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Financial planning

The rapid expansion of the Big Four banks and AMP into financial planning could see them seize an 80 per cent stake in the advice market, research suggests. ...

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Policy & Regulation

High wealth individuals are using complex business arrangements and trusts to minimise their tax liabilities, an Australian National Audit Office report reveals....

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Financial planning

Financial advice clients were charged an average of $1800 each in fees last year, largely due to the growing basket of products they were sold by advisers and brokers, re...

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Superannuation

Nearly two thirds (64 per cent) of baby boomers think they will need the age pension in addition to their super savings, according to REST Super....

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Superannuation

New analysis published by Rice Warner suggests that super fees are still too high and will likely reduce further....

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Financial planning

An ageing population has meant retirees and pre-retirees now make up 66 per cent of financial planning clients and 82 per cent of planner funds under advice...

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Financial planning

New Roy Morgan research suggests Commbank has not been too badly mauled by recent bad publicity around planning....

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Funds management

Challenger's 'Retirement on Paper' spot has been named advertising campaign of the year. ...

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Funds management

Institutional investors are assessing their options after reining in their return expectations in 2014 despite above forecast performances last year, the AMP Capital Inst...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 1 week ago

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

2 months 2 weeks ago

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

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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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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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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