FINANCIAL CRISIS

Financial planning

Aims to expand its reach into Asian wealth management firms and private banks....

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Financial planning

A Queensland financial planner has used his submission to the Rippoll inquiry to question the motives and actions of industry superannuation funds in what he views as a "...

Financial planning

Dr Peter Rathjens, chief investment officer with US-based Arrowstreet Capital, will review the conceptual underpinnings of active asset management at this year's Portfoli...

Funds management

A proposed new bill will require hedge fund managers to reveal previously hidden information about their funds to both regulators and investors, and is reported to includ...

Financial planning

Diane Lin reports optimistic long-term prospects for the Chinese economy. However, short-term cyclical issues will continue to pose challenges....

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Financial planning

Financial planning practices are not working with their dealer groups to tackle cash-flow problems during the downturn....

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Editorial

Following a tumultuous period for investors, international investing needs its own new strategy, writes Chad Padowitz....

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Financial planning

What's in a name? Australian insurer AIG Life will from today be known as AIA Australia Limited, a change the group says aligns it with its Asian counterparts and symboli...

Editorial

An Auditor-General's report has revealed that some Commonwealth Government departments and agencies will incur losses on the back of declining interest rates and bond yie...

Life/Risk

Forty-five per cent of Australians don't believe they need additional insurance cover despite crisis....

Financial planning

Efforts to reduce debts are being hampered by an illiquid marketplace, downside risks have crystallised....

Funds management

Twenty-eight per cent of venture capital managers will not be able to raise capital within the next seven years....

Editorial

How safe are cash and bonds? Dominic McCormick examines the state of these asset classes and whether the perception that they are investment safe havens is accurate....

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Financial planning

A new analysis suggests the global financial crisis is not just impacting wealth, but also health....

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Accounting

Dealer group Hillross is exploiting a growing trend by accounting firms to include financial planning in their offering to help drive its growth....

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