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Financial planning

BT Financial Group has been shown to be the most impressive performing business unit of Westpac for the half year ended March 31, 2006, contributing strongly to the banki...

Financial planning

Gregory Clements and Neil Manning have appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court as the result of an ASIC investigation that alleged they provided financial advice without ...

Financial planning

Anybody looking to identify the gambling streak that reputedly characterises Australians as a people would be hard pressed to find evidence of it in the margin loans sect...

Financial planning

The outstanding performance of the Australian equities market was maintained for March 2006, with the domestic share market reaching record highs during the month....

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Financial planning

Australian fund managers are “beginning to adjust their beta to suit the market environment, although the skill remains in short supply”, according to Intech Investment C...

Financial planning

Wealth management technology provider IWL has reported a record third quarter result in the March quarter of 2006, having achieved a profit 28 per cent higher than in the...

Financial planning

The compulsory 9 per cent superannuation guarantee levy plus the advent of the Government's new co-contributions arrangements saw the nation's superannuation assets rise ...

Financial planning

In a rare move, Aviva Australia has given an insight into its financial performance by announcing a 31 per cent rise in pre-tax profits of $160 million for 2005....

Superannuation

The latest AMP Capital/Investment Trends SMSF Investor Report has revealed compliance is now clearly the number one challenge being faced by people running their own supe...

Rate the raters

Fund managers have again been given the opportunity to give their frank but anonymous assessment on the research houses which so frequently determine how the financial se...

Funds management

The 2006 Money Management Rating the Raters survey asked for feedback from fund managers about their experiences and dealings with the seven of the main researchers in th...

Superannuation

With the marketplace gearing up for over 55’s to implement the Transition to Retirement (TTR) Strategy, financial planners and accountants need to ensure they optimise th...

Financial planning

With the value of so-called ‘target date funds’ claimed to have grown by over 50 per cent in the US over the past four years, Russell Investment Group is predicting such ...

Financial planning

Fund managers have confirmed that the major research houses are still capable of significantly influencing their businesses, with 50 per cent expressing the view that res...

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