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Financial planning

Investors need to be aware that future productivity trends will have significant implications for global financial markets, according to Standard Life Investments....

Financial planning

Nick Armet asks what the Greek debt crisis means for the future of the global equities market....

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People & Products

Austock Group Limited appoints Bruce Rolin as joint head of institutional sales....

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Financial planning

Assistant Treasurer Nick Sherry has launched a booklet outlining the benefits of Islamic finance and aimed at dispelling misconceptions....

Financial planning

APRA has warned that Europe's sovereign debt issues have reinforced the need to maintain momentum on regulatory reform....

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Funds management

This year’s Money Management/Lonsec Fund Manager of the Year Alternative Investments (Hedge Funds) award came down to two first-time nominees, but it was Morgan Stanley t...

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Financial planning

Financial Services Minister Chris Bowen predicts ASIC will be in a position to assume supervisory responsibility for financial markets in August....

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Financial planning

As the industry undergoes significant change, Jim Stackpool looks at the challenges facing financial planners and explains how they can continue to thrive in a difficult ...

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Financial planning

Trust in Australia's leading financial services brands may not recover as quickly as financial markets following the GFC, according to research conducted by Investment Tr...

People & Products

To meet the increasing demand from advisers for up-to-date economic briefings, Zurich Investments has appointed Hans Kunnen as a consultant market economist....

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Editorial

After two decades as a financial planner, newly retired Ray Griffin explains what he has learned from a career in the industry....

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Financial planning

Two economists have presented contrasting economic outlooks for 2010 at the seventh annual van Eyk conference in Sydney, predicting either a bullish recovery or a bearish...

Editorial

Colonial First State's David Gait explains why encouraging company stewardship in Asia can only be a good thing for investors....

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Editorial

Following the Government's prescription for better managed investment schemes disclosure, Brendan Ivers explains how these changes have affected the industry....

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Financial planning

ASIC will take on supervision of Australia's financial markets as of the third quarter of 2010....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 1 week ago

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

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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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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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