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Inflows to the life insurance risk market rose 10.9 per cent to $4.2 billion in the 12 months to June 2004, according to a Plan For Life report....
Financial planning
HSBC Asset Management is looking to tap into what it sees as a bullish investment environment in China, announcing that it will launch a new China focused fund to Austral...
Financial planning
The US funds management industry will continue to favour stocks over bonds, despite concerns of a slowing macro environment according to Russell Investment Group’s third ...
Financial planning
Investors are more inclined to invest new savings in shares and managed funds than they were a year ago, according the latest ING/Melbourne Institute Household Savings an...
Life/Risk
Australians are carrying a risk of uninsurance of more than 75 per cent, with women at greatest risk of not being able to meet financial obligations in the case of death ...
Editorial
The strong Australian economy and better than expected company profits are proving a boon to fund managers, according to the latest InTech Financial Services data....
Financial planning
With the Athens Olympics now consigned to the history books, the focus for the next four years turns to China and Beijing. China was also the focus of a recent industry f...
Financial planning
The platform industry is underperforming in key areas of service delivery to financial advisers, including accuracy of reporting and processing, according to a damning ne...
Financial planning
The Federal Opposition’s proposed tax plan has been branded short term and opportunistic, with yesterday’s announcement by Labor leader Mark Latham triggering a barrage o...
Financial planning
Investors are more optimistic than financial advisers on future share market performance according to a joint Australian Investors Association and Adviser Ratings survey....
Financial planning
Financial advisers spend almost 20 per cent of their time bogged down in administration with an average planner only affording 10 per cent of his/her working day to sourc...
Financial planning
Rob Keavney argues systematic rebalancing adds returns, reduces volatility and ensures planners don’t leave clients with maximum exposure at market crests – so why isn’t ...
Financial planning
Colonial First State has prevailed as the dominant force in the retail managed funds industry, despite registering a drop in inflows of $616 million for the year to date ...
Editorial
IOOF management is no longer living ‘hand to mouth’ as greater earnings certainty, stemming partly from positive inflows in the 2004 financial year, is enabling managemen...
Life/Risk
Australia has been identified as having the largest income protection gap (39 per cent) of several developed countries according to findings in a new global mortality pro...
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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...