GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Financial planning

Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens has warned against the finance industry becoming too aggressive. ...

Financial planning

The lack of coordination of global financial markets reform is a key concern, according to Global Value Investors’ senior equities analyst Matthew Hegarty....

Financial planning

As direct investments become more popular, with ETFs in particular gaining ground, Janine Mace discovers that for many consumers cash is still king....

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Editorial

The market for C and D financial advice clients is heating up, both for sellers and buyers, writes Caroline Munro....

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Financial planning

The latest Fitch Ratings analysis gives Australia’s banks a ‘thumbs up’ despite continuing funding issues....

Funds management

Implemented Portfolios has an underweight allocation to international equities and property due to a subdued 10-year outlook for economic growth and uncertainty across de...

Financial planning

Performance hurdles that include a measure of long-term relative total shareholder return (TSR) are not only aligned with shareholder interests but are also easily define...

Financial planning

Hiring patterns across the banking and financial services industry show some sectors are booming while others, such as financial advice, reveal a decrease in hiring activ...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council (FSC)/PricewaterhouseCoopers CEO survey has revealed that Australia has its work cut out for it before it can meet the challenges of an age...

Financial planning

Offering individually managed accounts to high-net-worth clients can be a scalable solution for financial advisers, writes Damian Graham....

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Financial planning

As Australia's population continues to age, Virginia Harrison looks at the recent developments in the retirement products sector, and asks: is enough being done to addres...

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Tools & guides

Infrastructure assets are now attractively priced and offer the potential for good yields at moderate risk, but the devil is in the detail. AMP Capital's Greg Maclean exp...

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Financial planning

Book sales have increased dramatically over the last financial year as advisers change their business models in response to reform as well as disenchantment with dealer g...

Financial planning

Australians are paying down their debt, but lack enough savings to meet unexpected bills....

Financial planning

Independently owned dealer group Wealthsure has emerged as the fastest-growing dealer group by adviser numbers in the Money Management 2010 Top 100 Dealer Group survey, w...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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