FINANCIAL CRISIS

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Contango Asset Management investment services director, Carol Austin, and managing director of Goldman Sachs & Partners Australia, Stephen Fitzgerald, have been appointed...

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Financial planning

Any investors worried about the strength of the residential property market shouldn’t have a positive view of Australian bank stocks, according to Wingate Asset Man...

Editorial

Regulators perpetually struggle to create a healthy environment for the provision of financial advice, however, Robert Keavney identifies several areas where they have mi...

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Financial planning

Provisio’s Cameron O’Sullivan has argued that ‘short-termism’ represents a major problem in dealing with proposed opt-in arrangements....

Financial planning

Provisio's Cameron O'Sullivan has argued that 'short-termism' represents a major problem in dealing with proposed opt-in arrangements....

Financial planning

Changes are afoot in the structured investments arena, with increased transparency and clearer fee structures. But is investor sentiment changing? Benjamin Levy reports....

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Financial planning

Potential financial planning clients are giving up because they can’t get appointments to see advisers....

Financial planning

Fidelity Asia Fund's David Urquhart explains why Asia is better positioned than the US or Europe for the introduction of new international banking rules....

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Editorial

Harvey Kalman explains why the responsible entity relationship may need risk consideration....

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Editorial

With the debate between active and index funds continuing to gather momentum, Benjamin Levy examines the role of both strategies in a post GFC climate....

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Editorial

Financial stocks have been on a roller coaster in recent years. They were the biggest losers in the credit crunch but bounced back stronger. Sotiris Boutsis asks what';s ...

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Financial planning

Financial institutions expect high levels of insolvencies in the small to medium sized business sector in the next 12 months....

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Funds management

The corporate regulator’s moves to tighten the rules for responsible entities of managed investment schemes are positive but don’t address the conflicts of in...

Financial planning

The Treasurer Wayne Swan has indicated the Labor Government would be willing to hand more power to the competition regulator should it wish to investigate the big four ba...

Financial planning

Australia may have escaped the brunt of the global financial crisis, but as Janine Mace discovers, changes in the financial services industry on an international level me...

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

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

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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

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