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Climate change organisations team up to pressure super funds to switch fossil fuel-based investments for cleaner ones....

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People & Products

As it continues its push for regional growth, Centric Wealth has appointed Bonnie Boezeman AO as director of urban growth New South Wales....

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Financial planning

The number of merged practices deciding to end their relationships will continue to increase in the months ahead due to the lack of clear conflict resolution arrangements...

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Superannuation

MLC’s Jessica Silva outlines situations where another person can or must act as an SMSF trustee for a person who is unable to do so themselves....

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Superannuation

Daniel Butler and Nathan Papson note that changing an existing non-reversionary defined benefit pension to be reversionary may give rise to certain issues....

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Editorial

Many investors haven’t made changes to their investment portfolios since the global financial crisis (GFC). Is now the time to get out of low-risk assets? Craig Keary wri...

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Superannuation

Strong sharemarket and listed property performance saw master trusts return more than industry super funds in January, according to Chant West....

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Funds management

Applying economic, social and governance (ESG) criteria to the construction of a sovereign debt portfolio can help to minimise reputational risk, according to a new repor...

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Financial planning

A lack of ‘cultural alignment’ between planners and their referral partners is leading to poor results, according to Effective Referral Management (ERM) director David Ph...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council's backdown on its 'churning' policy has been welcomed by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)....

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Editorial

Despite China’s “age trap”, the economic race between it and India is more complex than any one factor. Finding investment opportunities requires more complex analysis, a...

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Financial planning

Increased regulatory scrutiny faced by research houses from 1 September this year might result in increased costs....

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Financial planning

Up-to-date insurance data feeds can improve practice management for financial advisers, but more insurers need to come on board, AFA chief executive Brad Fox said....

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People & Products

Amelia Constantinidis has been appointed as the new director of AMP’s Horizons Academy....

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Superannuation

A recent NSW Supreme Court case highlights the importance of appropriate trustee combinations as well as strategic mechanisms that assist when trustees don’t agree, accor...

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