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According to Alphinity Investment Management principal Bruce Smith, the rise in online retailing will produce many losers and some surprising winners in the retail proper...

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Financial planning

According to Roy Morgan Research's Business Satisfaction - Business Banking in Australia Monthly Report March 2012, business bank customer satisfaction has fallen for the...

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Editorial

Austerity plans all over the world – and especially in Europe – are worsening government finances while inflicting misery, writes Michael Collins....

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Superannuation

SMSFs with less than $50,000 in assets pay around 7 per cent per year in operating costs, but due to the size of the average fund most pay less than 0.25 per cent....

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Superannuation

Australia is unlikely to experience a rerun of the post-April slump in equity markets which occurred in both 2010 and 2011, according to AMP Capital chief economist Shane...

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Superannuation

The average annual operating expenses of running a self-managed super fund (SMSF) continues to trend down, but small funds are still incredibly costly, according to recen...

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Financial planning

The past five years have seen a dramatic increase in the development of micro-insurance schemes, according to new research released this month....

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Financial planning

One-third of Australians believe the share market will be the most profitable sector over the coming year, according to a Loan Market poll....

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Financial planning

More clients would prefer their planner picked up the phone, while two in five don't even perceive they use the services of a planner, according to a Leap of Faith survey...

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Financial planning

Company collapses have risen by 117 per cent to 1,123, reflecting a continuing 'lag effect' from the economic woes of the global financial crisis, according to research b...

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Financial planning

Planners believe that on average a financial planning practice is worth between two and three times recurring revenue - with smaller practices far more popular, according...

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Financial planning

Fixed mortgage rates hit a four year high and New South Wales continues to dominate the market, accounting for two out of five new mortgages in Australia....

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Funds management

BT Financial Group now accounts for almost half of the total wrap market, resulting in even more concentration in this space, according to a latest report released by Pla...

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Superannuation

New research confirms that financial advisers can make a difference in achieving comfortable retirement....

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Financial planning

Nomura Australia has paid a $30,000 penalty to ASIC after receiving a market infringement penalty from ASIC's Markets Disciplinary Panel....

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