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The Australian Agribusiness Group (AAG) Agri-Index rose 4.8 per cent in November, double the All Ords positive performance of 2 per cent for the month, and it is expected...

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Superannuation

The latest APRA data has confirmed the way recovering markets have boosted the fortunes of SMSFs and retail master trusts....

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Financial planning

Investor confidence will be strengthened by solid superannuation returns for the September quarter, according to Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chie...

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Financial planning

Research from Investment Trends has found that despite risk advice continuing to be an important part of financial planning practices, revenue from risk remains small in ...

Financial planning

The Plan for Life analysis of retail managed funds for the September quarter of 2009 has shown growth of $46.9 billion....

Financial planning

Equiti will offer financial planners 10 per cent of its property funds management business....

Financial planning

The latest IFSA/CoreData Investor Sentiment Index suggests Australian investors are going to close out the year on a positive note....

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Financial planning

Client retention following the sale of 30 financial planning businesses over the last 12 months was as high as 98 per cent, according to a survey of Kenyon Prendeville sa...

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees making changes to their portfolio were more likely to have followed planning advice to seek better returns, while more than half of non-SMSF investors made ...

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Financial planning

Reports out of the Netherlands suggest ING emerged better than expected from its sale of ING Australia and ING New Zealand to ANZ....

Editorial

One consequence of the equity market downturn could be a return to a more active focus on economic fundamentals and their impact on financial markets, writes Stephen Halm...

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Editorial

Small to medium businesses in the finance and insurance sector have experienced the strongest profitability over the last quarter, according to the Sensis Business Index....

Financial planning

The number of people who will have exceeded their superannuation contributions cap in the 2009-10 financial year is likely to increase as the concessional contributions c...

Financial planning

India is set to benefit from a shift in Australian superannuation fund attitudes to investing in Asia, according to research conducted by the University of New South Wale...

Financial planning

More than 49 per cent of advisers surveyed in the wake of the Ripoll Inquiry recommendations last week said they had no confidence in ASIC’s ability to monitor and preven...

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