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Premium rates for life cover products sold by financial advisers fell by an average of 10 per cent across 11 leading insurance providers between December 2004 and June 20...

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Funds management

Investment strategies for Australian institutional investors posted mostly positive results for the September quarter spurred on by a strong local share market....

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Financial planning

Australian investors remain pessimistic about the prospect of full market recovery, with their concern levels rising while return expectations are decreasing....

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Financial planning

Australians have comfortably the highest median wealth of any country for the second year running, according to the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report....

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Superannuation

Information on fees is the largest member knowledge gap across all kinds of super funds, according to Investment Trends research commissioned by QSuper....

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Editorial

Can the slower pace of Chinese economic growth diminish the appeal of Asian equities for Australian investors?...

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Financial planning

Three Plan B board members have now departed as IOOF's takeover offer progresses to the compulsory stage....

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Funds management

Most global fund managers have maintained a neutral view when it comes to their allocation to bonds and equities for the remainder of 2012, according to the latest HSBC F...

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Funds management

The underlying asset prices of Australian exchange-traded funds (ETFs) swelled to grow the industry's market capitalisation by 3.9 per cent over September, according to B...

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Superannuation

Despite current concerns over SMSF administration, only around 2 per cent of funds have a compliance issue, meaning there is no need for additional regulations, according...

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Editorial

The popularity of term deposits is currently so high that other product providers need to fight for a little bit of airspace. But is it just a matter of time until term d...

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Financial planning

SQM Research principal Louis Christopher has made the bold prediction that the housing market is about to enter into an imminent recovery phase....

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Financial planning

Clearview has agreed to pay a special dividend as part of the implementation agreement with CCP BidCo....

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Editorial

Investors naturally want to maximise return, but they need to do so in a way that moderates portfolio risk. Dr Stephen Nash explores the benefits of active switching betw...

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Editorial

According to DEXX&R research, allocated pensions are still the most popular retirement incomes option....

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