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Life/Risk

Strong performances by Stockland’s commercial property portfolios have the company on track to surpass its 2014 earnings growth by up to 7.5 per cent per security in 2015...

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Life/Risk

Office space in Adelaide is expected to continue to provide low rental returns for investors as an oversupply drags rents down, a new report reveals....

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Financial planning

Most Australians are in the dark about how much commission mortgage brokers are earning for their home loan advice, a survey has revealed. ...

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Life/Risk

Fund manager, Placer Property, is seeking $26.5 million in equity from SMSFs and individual investors for its NewActon East Property Fund....

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Financial planning

More high net worth individuals are seeking advice and are willing to pay for specialised services with many choosing to work with a single advice provider....

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Funds management

Global institutional investors are increasingly steering towards boosting returns for their clients, after years of trying to stave off high volatility and market uncerta...

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Accounting

Paper lodgements have dropped this tax season, as taxpayers move towards electronic mode and tax agents....

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Financial planning

CBA is on the verge of losing the top spot for customer satisfaction, months after calls for a Royal Commission into its two of its planning businesses, a snapshot shows....

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Financial planning

Australians are avoiding financial advice because of confusion about what a planner actually does, according to a report. ...

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Funds management

Responsible investment is giving investors more than a warm fuzzy feeling inside, according to research house, Lonsec....

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Financial planning

Australian planners have successfully rebooted their fee strategies and revenue channels in line with financial sector reforms, comparison shows. ...

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Financial planning

Despite the emergence of robo-advice, most clients still want to meet their financial planner face-to-face, research shows. ...

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Superannuation

Industry superannuation fund members with balances of more than $250,000 are more satisfied with their funds’ performance then those who invested with retail funds, a sur...

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Financial planning

There has been a decline in the number of disputes handled by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) relating to financial services providers, the industry umpire’s annual...

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Rate the raters

Zenith has been named Money Management’s Research House of the Year for 2014, taking the title from last year’s winner, Morningstar, writes Nicholas O’Donoghue. ...

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