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Financial planning

In an industry that has adopted ‘diversity’ as its mantra, KATE KACHOR found it wasn’t hard to find differing opinions when asking industry experts to pick sides in the r...

Financial planning

Most superannuation funds will face a less than rosy end to the financial year with prediction that they will see out the 12 months with negative returns....

Financial planning

In all noise surrounding the Privacy Act last year, ASIC also released a policy paper outlining the definition of a financial market. Mike Taylor looks at how this will a...

Financial planning

Integration is a win for all stakeholders...

Financial planning

It is a pretty unusual occurrence to find a financial planner with nothing to do. It seems these days that if a planner does not have towering piles of paper work precari...

Financial planning

Shockwaves from the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York have reached the Australian financial markets, with the Australian All Ordinaries plunging more than fou...

Financial planning

The first managed fund to begin operating in the massive Chinese market will open to business tomorrow, starting a new experiment in investing for the Eastern giant....

Financial planning

Last night’s budget announcement will have minimal effect on financial markets, according to financial services industry sentiment....

Financial planning

After months of waiting, the Federal Government has finally introduced the Financial Services Reform Bill into parliament....

Financial planning

Charles Schwab has had its eye on Australia’s financial market place for the past two years, it was revealed yesterday....

Editorial

History is bunk according to Henry Ford but the same doesn't necessarily apply to the financial world where history can often provide valuable pointers to the future. For...

Financial planning

Emotional responses are far more likely to drive share investment decisions than any concept of efficient investing, according to Melbourne University investment manager ...

Financial planning

In 1992, the word “Internet” didn’t even rate a mention in most dictionaries. In 2000, over 25 per cent of Australians are online and the percentage is rapidly growing. ...

Financial planning

With the end of the financial year fast approaching it is worth looking at some the hot issues that the IFSA membership is grappling with and which will become priorities...

Financial planning

Reaction to the recent federal budget has been fairly subdued with most industry analysts noting the lack of news for the financial services industry....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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 1 week 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 1 day ago

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

2 weeks 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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