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National Australia Financial Management (NAFM) has doubled profits for the six months ending March this year, reporting a $14 million rise to $28 million. NAFM managing d...

Financial planning

Perpetual Investments has restructured its balanced fund, giving it more of a global orientation in line with its strengthened relationship with Fidelity In-ternational. ...

Financial planning

At the end of April, the Assistant Treasurer released an exposure draft of the Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 4) 1999. This is the legislation that implem...

Financial planning

The prospects of finding a job in the financial services and insurance sector are looking increasingly rosy, according to the latest Morgan & Banks job sur-vey. Morgan & ...

Financial planning

It seems almost weekly that a new online stock trading system is rolled out in the Australian market, offering more and more service for a seemingly shrinking price tag. ...

Financial planning

ANZ Margin Lending has upped the ante in the margin lending market, announcing it will increase gearing on selected stocks to 80 per cent. The move follows a review of a...

Financial planning

Listed Property Trusts (LPTs) have achieved a lower risk profile with good returns during the past 18 years, according to the latest research released by Australian Unity...

Financial planning

Commonwealth Securities, the Commonwealth Bank’s stockbroking arm, says it has experienced strong interest in the US share trading service it launched earlier this month....

Financial planning

New Zealand domiciled managed funds investing in Australian and New Zealand equities have filled the majority of Morningstar's list of top ten performers for the quarter ...

Funds management

A recent survey by Australian Property Institute (API) New South Wales Division has found that property experts still expect growth in retail property in Australia’s thre...

Financial planning

How much of your time is spent advising on risk products? Do you outsource?...

Financial planning

Venture capital has long been a staple of super funds in Australia and a standard investment sector for sophisticated US investors. Gareth Cosslett explores the possibili...

Editorial

It’s been a tough 18 months for value managers who have watched many of their long held beliefs being tested by a changing market. Zilla Efrat examines how Rothschild has...

Financial planning

The overwhelming majority of financial advisers know very little about wrap accounts....

Financial planning

Investment researchers van Eyk Research recently completed its annual survey of Australian fixed interest managers. The firms senior analyst, Angela Ashton, found most fi...

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1 month 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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