FINANCIAL CRISIS

Financial planning

Peter Daly said he was somewhat surprised and 'deeply disappointed' as he departs his role as chief executive and managing director of the Australian Financial Services G...

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Financial planning

Close relationships with clients can end up haunting financial planners when they decide to exit the industry, according to Hunts' Group principal Anthony Hunt....

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Funds management

The Schroder Real Return Fund has taken out this year’s Asset Allocator of the Year award as part of the 2012 Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year awards....

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Superannuation

SMSF advisers need to be careful when considering the right stocks for their clients’ portfolios. Peter van der Westhuyzen takes a look at the benefits of dividend reinve...

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Editorial

ANZ chief executive Mike Smith remains cautious despite the banking group reporting a 10 per cent profit increase....

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Funds management

Towers Watson has released research supporting a rebalance of outperformance fees to better align interests between investors and hedge fund managers....

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Superannuation

Default-option superannuation funds are close to revisiting their pre-global financial crisis highs, according to Chant West and SuperRatings....

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Editorial

Tom Stevenson discusses the concept of investing in equities – not cash – for income....

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Financial planning

Potential earnings from equity investments are exaggerated, according to Dr Jamil Baz, who said the financial crisis has barley begun....

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Editorial

While we tend to focus on sharp market crashes, sudden declines that recover quickly within just a year or few are not necessarily problematic. What is far more destructi...

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Editorial

Ever since the first impact of the global financial crisis, both international and domestic regulators have been announcing changes to hedge funds, which would aim at imp...

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Financial planning

AQR Capital Management has pointed to its new offering in Australia - the AQR Global Risk Premium Trust Fund - having reached a $500-million milestone....

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Financial planning

The financial services industry in tax havens could suffer immensely if the proposed crackdown is carried out, according to a study from RMIT University....

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Financial planning

Just days after announcing significant job cuts, the ANZ has announced a December quarter statutory profit after tax of $1.7 billion....

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Financial planning

Just days after announcing significant job cuts, the ANZ has announced a December quarter statutory profit after tax of $1.7 billion....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months ago

A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

3 weeks ago

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

1 week 6 days ago

One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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