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Editorial

AMP reports a $772 million underlying profit for 2009, down 5 per cent on 2008....

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After a disastrous 2008, fund managers staged a dramatic recovery last year. Chris Kennedy takes a look at fund manager performance in 2009 and the factors that prompted ...

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Financial planning

Stephen Hart and Bill Keogh explain how an anomaly in the term deposit market means investors can increase returns while reducing risk....

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Editorial

The unlisted property sector is in crisis, writes Robert Keavney. He explains why this is not the first time and expresses concerns that it will happen again....

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Financial planning

Trust in super falling but Australians have finally been shaken out of apathy, according to the Mercer Superannuation Sentiment Index....

Funds management

Fund managers have a more cautious market outlook due to sovereign risk concerns in Greece and other European countries, according to the latest Investment Manager Outloo...

Financial planning

Research conducted by CoreData has pointed to an increasing number of high-net-worth individuals making "ultra-conservative" investment decisions....

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Financial planning

Only 32 per cent of new Mortgage Choice franchisees in 2009 had a lending background....

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Financial planning

ASFA has pointed to the additional $10 billion a year being paid into superannuation accounts - on top of the 9 per cent super guarantee - as evidence that workers are pr...

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Superannuation

SMSFs appear to have heeded the ATO's warnings about compliance, but personal loans to SMSF members have become a concern in troubled economic times....

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Financial planning

Ed Psaltis explains why there is an increasing appetite for full disclosure of real estate investment trust gearing levels....

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Financial planning

Financial planner sentiment is climbing back towards the positive levels that prevailed before the global financial crisis, according to new research released by speciali...

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Superannuation

A UBank survey of SMSF customers has revealed a third have over 50 per cent of their SMSF in cash....

Financial planning

The latest Manpower data reveals that hiring intentions are improving in the financial services sector, but it remains a balancing act for some....

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Financial planning

Pensions and other income support payments will increase on March 20 through indexation, benefiting around four million Australians, the Government announced....

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Having divested its advice business in August, AMP is undergoing restructuring in at least four other departments amid a cost simplification program....

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