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Financial planning

The woes of the Australian dollar are continuing to benefit investors with a significant exposure to international funds....

Financial planning

Financial services executives and consumers have widely differing opinions on the importance of online finance services according to a report by Deloitte Consulting....

Financial planning

Advisers are concentrating on the high end of the market which will be producing the future millionaires, says Brian Ashe, immediate past-president of the Million Dollar ...

Financial planning

ASX Perpetual Registrars Ltd (APRL) has beaten its chief rival Computershare for the registry services for the combined group formed by the merger of Commonwealth Bank an...

Financial planning

Count Wealth Accountants is to raise $8 million as part of its long heralded float due to start on November 6, which will set the group with a market capitalization of $8...

Financial planning

New rural industries such as herbs and durians have the potential for strong rates of return and low break-even points, a new financial modelling reports reveals....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) banned a record 50 investment advisers in 1999/2000, compared to just 17 the year before....

Financial planning

A strong recovery in hotel property helped the listed property trust sector outper-form equity markets in the three months to September 30....

Financial planning

AXA Australia is expected to complete the take-over of Alliance Capital Management in Australia this week....

Funds management

Austgrowth Property Syndicates has stepped up its efforts to market property syndicates to financial planners....

Superannuation

While an ever increasing part of the workforce looks towards retiring, the funds flowing into retirement income products remains strong. <B>Jason Spits</B> examines where...

Financial planning

“It’s about 70 per cent fees. It has turned around from being 20 per cent in favour of fees about five years ago, moving with the trend towards more fee based services. I...

Financial planning

Portfolio Partners is to incorporate locally sourced hybrid fixed interest products in its Premier Fixed Interest trust launched today....

Financial planning

The poor run of the Australian dollar has been a saving grace for investors in over-seas share funds, with the falling dollar balancing a 5.4 per cent drop in the MSCI wo...

Financial planning

ANZ has doubled its stake in online stockbroker E*Trade to 19.8 per cent less than a month after the latter announced a net loss of close to $54 million for the financial...

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