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Taxation of Australian general insurance premiums is the highest in the world, according to a study released today by financial services group Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu....

Financial planning

The final movement of funds from the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has jettisoned the National to the top of the master custodian tables ahead of State Street....

Financial planning

It seems the world’s richest are about to get a whole lot richer, which can only be good news for financial planners focussing on high net worth individuals....

Financial planning

Mercantile Mutual’s new funds management boss has urged federal government to consider tying health and aged care funding to superannuation....

Financial planning

More than half of fund managers with Australian equities teams have had a start to the millennium they would probably prefer to forget....

Financial planning

It’s official –Australian financial planners are heavy users of technology. A survey conducted by Salomon Smith Barney Asset Management (SSB) reveals that 97 per cent o...

Financial planning

Financial planners are increasingly the first point of contact for consumers seeking financial advice, according to the latest Financial Planning Association (FPA) survey...

Funds management

For financial planners to attract and retain affluent clients, the so-called emerging wealth investor, such as self managed super fund trustees, they need to offer a broa...

Funds management

Australian equities was the hardest hit investment sector by the recent gyrations on the Nasdaq, according to Ausbil Partners....

Editorial

Strong inflows into Mercantile Mutual’s managed funds has helped lift the group’s operating profit after tax up 23 per cent to $70 million for the six months to the end o...

Funds management

Most fund managers have walked away virtually unscathed from the carnage brought about by the fall in technology stocks last month....

Financial planning

Tower Trust has sent a letter to advisers confirming that up-front and trailing commis-sions will be increased by up to 10 per cent after the introduction of the GST....

Financial planning

Tower Trust has sent a letter to advisers confirming that up-front and trailing commis-sions will be increased by up to 10 per cent after the introduction of the GST....

Financial planning

It’s official –Australian financial planners are heavy users of technology....

Funds management

More than half of fund managers with Australian equities teams have had a start to the millennium they would probably prefer to forget....

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