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US economic growth could be as low as 1 per cent in 2005, leading global markets to suffer as the world’s largest economy enters “the first phase of a painful decline”, a...
Financial planning
Russell Investment Group has halved the exposure to Australian listed property in its diversified funds, directing the money to offshore property securities because of wh...
Financial planning
Not-for-profit super funds and commercial master trusts were equally represented among the best performing publicly available retirement products in 2004....
Funds management
Industry speculation that changes to the asset test exemption would trigger a rush by investors into annuities has been supported by new statistics compiled by the Austra...
Financial planning
AXA Asia Pacific is continuing to set new share price highs today on the back of yesterday’s announcement that fund flows and new life business grew strongly for the 12 m...
Superannuation
Nearly two thirds of Australians are not confident of having enough money to retire on comfortably, according to a consumer survey by advertising agency Patterson Partner...
Financial planning
Four out of every five people who consult a financial planner are satisfied with the advice they receive and most people who avoid seeing a financial planner do so becaus...
Editorial
Shareholders in listed financial planning business Count Financial have been given good news for the second time in a week, with the group announcing that it predicted fi...
Financial planning
Wealth management group IWL has notched up what it says is a record half-year result for 2005, posting earnings growth of 43 per cent on the corresponding 2004 half-year....
Financial planning
The battle for the future of Australia’s second largest dealer group, Professional Investment Services, has been won by Aviva, with the financial services company proposi...
Financial planning
Investments in life insurance grew by 11 per cent over the year to September 2004 according to the latest statistics from Melbourne based research group Plan For Life....
Financial planning
The investment management arm of Australian Unity has flagged that it will expand its product range early in 2005, both through in-house development and possible joint ve...
Financial planning
Australians are twice as likely to get information about their finances from the media than they are from professional advisers, a new survey has revealed....
Funds management
The Government’s new superannuation co-contribution regime appears to be gaining real traction, with the latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data pointing t...
Financial planning
Australian growth orientated superannuation funds delivered the best returns for nine years in 2004, but the good times aren’t expected to keep on rolling according to In...
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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 ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...