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Financial planning

The importance of LinkedIn as a lead-generation tool has been highlighted in a recent survey of American financial advisers....

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Financial planning

Ernst and Young's Banking Customer Survey for 2012 found Australian banks are not doing enough to satisfy customers, who are willing to switch banks to source lower fees....

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Superannuation

The latest Chant West data points to most superannuation fund members ending the year in positive territory, but only just....

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While the impact of recent redundancies and a shift in focus towards alternatives will not be felt until next year’s survey, one area van Eyk improved on in 2011 was the ...

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Despite announcing it would close its doors in Australia in October, S&P hasn’t dropped the ball, bringing in consistent results from respondents in Money Management’s Ra...

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Financial planning

Despite the rise of direct channels, financial planners are better poised to engage customers about life insurance, according to industry executives....

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Financial planning

Dimensional Fund Advisors' Gerard O’Reilly believes the focus of retirement planning should move from savings in the abstract to consumption planning....

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Editorial

Dominick McCormick argues that shares, not bonds, should be the core of long-term portfolios....

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Financial planning

Slightly over a quarter (26 per cent) of Australians believe their children will become high income earners by the time they hit their 40s....

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Financial planning

Consumer satisfaction with the big four banks has once again fallen while building societies and credit unions continue to maintain a clear lead, according to Roy Morgan ...

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Funds management

Certitude Global Investments has changed the name of its HFA International Shares Fund to LHP Global Long/Short Fund....

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Financial planning

Australian Ethical board receives strong support to stave off a push from dissident shareholders....

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Editorial

During the GFC, direct property had a number of issues related to manager capability, asset quality, illiquidity and gearing. However, the sector has been working hard to...

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Superannuation

The cost of registering as a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor is likely to be in the hundreds of dollars rather than thousands, according to SMSF Professio...

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Superannuation

The average return of the median growth superannuation fund has fallen 2.3 per cent in May but there is still a chance of a positive financial year return, according to t...

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