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Financial planning

A majority of Australian-based investment managers believe international equities will be the strongest performing asset class over the next 12 months....

Financial planning

Lazard Asset Management dominated Mercer Investment Consulting’s specialist Australian share manager tables for May....

Financial planning

Absolute return fund manager HFA Asset Management has attracted over four times as much money into the second instalment of its capital protected ‘Octane’ fund of funds a...

Financial planning

Employees who leave wholesale corporate superannuation funds in favour of retail funds could be financially harmed and may end up paying fees double or triple those of th...

Financial planning

Australian equities bounced back in May, regaining most of what they lost in April and keeping the S&P/ASX 300 above 20 per cent for the financial year to date....

Financial planning

The world’s five largest manage-the-manager investment houses, including National Australia Bank’s MLC, have seen their market share shrink rapidly in the past four years...

Funds management

Financial advisers are being encouraged to reassess their typically low allocations to direct property following the release of research which highlights the importance o...

Funds management

BT Financial Group has reduced the US exposure in its retail global property fund from 100 per cent to 69 per cent, opening up to European and Asian markets as they in tu...

Financial planning

Colonial First State has outsourced half of the listed property trust portfolio in its balanced fund to Pengana Capital....

Financial planning

The superannuation industry has welcomed changes to superannuation included in the Federal Budget but doesn’t believe the Government has gone far enough....

Financial planning

Older Australians and those more educated about super choice are more likely to stay in their existing fund when the new regime is introduced, while the less informed are...

Financial planning

Australia’s march toward having $1 trillion in managed funds continues, with $838.7 billion being amassed as at March 31....

Editorial

Proceeds from the sale of the Australian arm of its wealth management business, a benevolent market climate and the completion of a successful two year recovery strategy ...

Editorial

Macquarie Bank’s Financial Services and Funds Management groups have contributed 4 per cent and 1 per cent respectively to the bank’s record-breaking profit of $823 milli...

Financial planning

The Australian and overseas sharemarkets continued to decline in April, with domestic equities producing their worst monthly return for over two years....

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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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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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