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Superannuation

The financial services market is projected to grow to $3.76 trillion over the next 10 years, with the superannuation market expected to achieve an average growth rate of ...

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Editorial

Declining interest rates and bond yields, coupled with investors’ thirst for income, means strategies around equity income are here to stay, according to Warwick Cumming....

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Editorial

Stephen Nash looks at the current SMSF allocation of equities versus bonds and argues the reverse allocation would play out significantly in favour of the investor....

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Financial planning

Contango Microcap looks to tidy up acquisition move started in 2011....

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Policy & Regulation

Over 80 per cent of financial services chief executives believe the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms will drive up the cost of operating a financial advisory net...

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Superannuation

The use of retail fund managers by SMSFs has grown over the past three years, according to Plan For Life....

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Editorial

Recent economic news has some predicting the Australian economy is undergoing massive change. Daryl Wilson looks at the arguments and the potential impacts on property in...

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Financial planning

Research suggests customer-owned banking is on the rise, having grown its assets by around 4.5 per cent in the last year....

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Financial planning

When it comes to planning for our financial future we almost always rely on 'averages', which is a flawed approach, writes Andrew Barnett....

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Funds management

The flurry of regulatory change out of the US and Europe has served to challenge Australian investment managers....

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Life/Risk

Most Australians would rather spend any extra income on building up their savings than upgrading their life insurance policies, according to a national poll by TAL....

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Life/Risk

The importance of life/risk sales to financial advisers' revenue streams has been underscored by the latest data released by research house DEXX&R....

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Editorial

As part of their value-add, financial planners are increasingly putting in the time to build direct share portfolios for their clients. Are direct investments the new coo...

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Financial planning

Research suggests fewer Australians use financial planners, but remaining clients are happier....

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Financial planning

Women are more in control of their financial futures than men, according to the findings of RaboDirect's Savings and Debt Barometer....

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