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Financial planning

A global survey of fund managers has found that the risk appetite of investors is improving, with many of them beginning to emerge from the defensive positions that promp...

Financial planning

A review conducted by the Reserve Bank and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has urged a slow-down in moves to lift the minimum capital levels for coun...

Superannuation

The Investment and Financial Services Association has urged the Federal Government to steer clear of radical change to the retirement savings system and instead embrace s...

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Financial planning

Peter McKnoulty discusses the costs relating to business succession planning for financial advisers....

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Funds management

While most institutional investors have kept faith with their asset allocation strategies, a new study has revealed a downturn in their allocations towards hedge funds. ...

Financial planning

UBS Global Infrastructure Securities Fund and UBS Credit Enhanced Cash Fund terminated....

Financial planning

Financial planners must broaden their advice propositions beyond market-linked performance, and opportunities can be found in areas such as aged care and estate planning,...

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Financial planning

Professionals who provided advice in connection with the value of these securities and derivatives, and the risks associated with such investments, face a rising wave of ...

Financial planning

No one has a map of the future of finance, writes GRAHAM RICH....

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Superannuation

MICHAEL HUTTON considers options for retiring SMSF trustees....

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Financial planning

Financial services software provider Iress has defied the general market downturn to post a 24.4 per cent increase in group profit after tax of $48.5 million....

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Financial planning

Increasing insurance premiums has created good opportunities for investors....

Financial planning

The casualties of the financial crisis are many, but among the worst hit areas is recruitment, with a large number of staff cuts and employment freezes. KATE GIBBS report...

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Financial planning

Tough first half to be followed by more hopeful end to 2009....

Financial planning

Financial markets will remain strained until restructure occurs....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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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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