GLOBAL ECONOMY

Funds management

The Commonwealth Bank has posted a strong six-month result, but the picture for Colonial First State and wealth management is less rosy....

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Funds management

The Australian exchange-traded fund (ETF) market saw net inflows of $31 million in January, after experiencing net redemptions in December, according to BetaShares....

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Editorial

Although experts predict a good year for emerging markets, some regions -like Europe - should be avoided. However, it is always important to stay ahead of the curve, writ...

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Editorial

Damien Frawley maintains index investing is still fresh after four decades....

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Editorial

World markets are in for a rough ride in 2012, but Australia is well positioned to survive another potential global recession, according to Dr Shane Oliver....

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Financial planning

PortfolioConstruction's 2012 Markets Summit to kick off on 14 February....

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Financial planning

Australian members of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute are less pessimistic about the global economy than members globally, according to a large survey of ...

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Financial planning

Australian members of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute are less pessimistic about the global economy than members globally, according to a large survey of ...

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Financial planning

Australian financial planners and their clients have had to live with higher than normal levels of market volatility for much of the past three years as both a consequenc...

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Financial planning

Despite a wave of indiscriminate selling by Western investors, the fundamentals remain strong for Asian equities, writes Tim Stewart....

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Financial planning

In the low-growth 'new normal' of the global economy, countries need to find a way to grow that is not accompanied by the accumulation of debt, according to PIMCO head of...

Financial planning

Market volatility is changing the way financial advisers structure their clients' retirement income and the advice they are offering around it. Benjamin Levy reports on t...

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Financial planning

Asteron-owned dealer group Guardian Financial Planning has changed its name to Guardian Advice as part of a broader rebrand, and will reposition itself as a risk-focused ...

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Editorial

Tom Stevenson looks at current events in major housing markets around the world and suggests investors consider five key factors....

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Editorial

Recent market events have put an emphasis on the value of gold, leaving investors curious to know whether investing in this commodity would be a good decision. Dominic Mc...

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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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