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Financial planning

Australian shares will continue to be the most investor friendly asset class in the short to medium-term according to AMP Capital Investors’ financial markets return proj...

Editorial

A jump in funds under management has helped listed financial planning business Investor Group post a record net profit of $12.09 million for 2004-05, a 55 per cent increa...

Financial planning

The political fanfare and media frenzy which beset the 2005 Budget announcement, heralding tax cuts on many fronts, unfortunately overlooked blatant omissions from a fisc...

Financial planning

Asia-specific equity funds should become a permanent part of portfolios, rather than the tactical play they have traditionally been, according to ING Investment Managemen...

Financial planning

Superannuation fund members have been cautioned against expecting returns to match those of the last few years....

Financial planning

State Winners of BDM of the Year 2005...

Financial planning

Australians are twice as likely to get information about their finances from the media than they are from professional advisers, a new survey has revealed....

Financial planning

Monash University, University of Melbourne and RMIT have joined in a joint-venture to establish the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies....

Financial planning

The value of the US dollar has reached critical levels and could start to impact on markets, US-based Principal Global Investors president Jim McCaughan told investors du...

People & Products

Financial services education provider Tribeca Learning has recruited high profile former Deutsche Bank chief economist Don Stammer to chair its board....

Financial planning

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Financial planning

The Securities Institute has extended the industry reach of its National Council with the appointment of Grant Samuel corporate adviser, Malcolm McComas....

Financial planning

The Securities Institute has kicked off a strategic campaign to dramatically boost its student numbers, memberships and education standards throughout the Asia Pacific re...

Editorial

Should we be really happy with a return of 7 per cent? DOMINIC McCORMICK says if we took currency more seriously, we could expect to get considerably more....

Financial planning

ABN Amro yesterday completed taking a 50 per cent stake in alternative investment firm Absolute Capital four months after the two groups entered into exclusive talks to f...

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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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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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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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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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