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Financial planning

Compared to their UK counterparts, local planners have set themselves up for a brighter future and have responded well to change, according to GERARD DOHERTY and MICHAEL ...

Financial planning

Fidelity Investments has conducted a survey on the attitudes of UK advisors following the release of a set of proposals by the UK industry regulator Financial Services Au...

Financial planning

Australia’s retail managed funds market has overcome the market turmoil and investor insecurity that followed the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US to record posit...

Financial planning

The financial services job market has climbed out of its low and begun a renewed ascent, but employment opportunities in financial services remain well below 2001 peak le...

Financial planning

Portfolio Partners’ High Growth Shares Trust has cracked $100 million with average returns of more than 20 per cent over a five year period....

Financial planning

Financial services group Sanford has reported a positive cash flow in its results for the December quarter, indicating continued strength in the business during a difficu...

Superannuation

The majority of Australians will face an unexpectedly bleak future in retirement if they rely solely on the current superannuation system to generate their retirement inc...

Funds management

Investors in the US are set to usher in the new year with a much needed boost from equity markets in the fourth quarter of 2001, according to the latest stock index repor...

Financial planning

Listed property became a safe haven for many investors in the latter half of last year and may continue to be so as returns remain solid. John Wilkinson examines what is ...

Financial planning

HSBC has enhanced its SuperOptions superannuation and allocated pension product range by introducing new trail commissions in what it says is a drive “to attract and reta...

Funds management

Listed property trusts (LPT) have finished 2001 as the best performing asset class for Australia investors, rewarding those who flocked to defensive sectors both before a...

Financial planning

Colonial First State Investments will next week boost its adviser commissions on entry fees for retail funds by a further 20 per cent, giving advisers the full 100 per ce...

Editorial

The AXA Asia Pacific Holdings group’s net profit in the 12 months to the end of September this year has fallen to $320 million, 14 per cent below the level of the year be...

Financial planning

Investors should seek a minimum return of 12 per cent from agribusiness projects to cover the risk factors, says van Eyk Capital director David Marshall....

Financial planning

The world has experienced one of the worst bear markets on records with dramatic falls in all the major global exchanges in the past year....

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