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Hedge fund managers have been warned they will come under increasing scrutiny from the corporate regulator, which has expressed concern that the complexity of some funds ...
Financial planning
There has only been a slight increase in the overall number of financial planners in the past 12 months, and most growth now appears to be coming from the self-employed s...
Financial planning
Self-managed superannuation funds are booming and, with employee choice just around the corner, things are starting to heat up in this sector....
Financial planning
Financial planning software vendors may have differing views on whether web-based solutions will predominate in the short-term, but all providers have one thing in common...
Financial planning
The requirement under financial services reform (FSR) to audit advisers is an expensive business for the dealers and a potentially stressful one for already overworked pl...
Financial planning
Many investors will remain ignorant of the soft-dollar payments received by advisers under the new industry Code of Practice for their disclosure, according to the Austra...
Editorial
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Financial planning
Whether it was their claims of independence, the arguable benefits of their supposed lack of bias, or their fancy names, non-aligned financial planning practices both sma...
Financial planning
The ASX has been chastised for continuing weaknesses in its supervision of the warrants market and disclosure provisions in the listing rules, in a generally upbeat asses...
Financial planning
Compliance practices in the financial services industry are usually reactive, and only vaguely regarded as a business benefit, according to a survey of executives from 73...
Financial planning
Tribeca Learning has created the new position of director, corporate and strategy as part of a reorganisation of its senior management team....
Editorial
Choice will bring superannuation funds and administrators into closer alignment in their efforts to provide dynamic service structures, writes Citistreet’s GARY COX....
Financial planning
The new Super, Wealth and Investment Management Electronic Commerce initiative (SwimEC) standards released in April provide the framework for automated electronic payment...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...