GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Financial planning

The Government has not addressed the fundamental fact that bank sales incentives are the root cause of high levels of debt in Australia, according to the Finance Sector U...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Bankers' Association has applauded the Federal Government for rejecting the global bank tax proposed at the G20 summit in Canada over the weekend....

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Financial planning

The past two years have been hard hitting for the financial services career market. Ashleigh McIntyre takes a look at what is driving its recovery....

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Editorial

Milana Pokrajac examines how financial services salaries are regaining ground as firms look to strengthen teams and take advantage of improving market conditions....

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Editorial

Amid growing media interest in the growth of these products, Dominic McCormick explains why exchange-traded funds are a useful tool but not a panacea. ...

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Editorial

Employers may have started hiring again, but that doesn't mean the global financial crisis is over, writes Mike Taylor....

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Financial planning

Annual business planning and conducting a monthly review of business performance are the keys to the profitability of boutique financial planning firms, according to Macq...

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Financial planning

The Trust Company has changed its performance framework and staff incentive program as part of an overall business review....

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Financial planning

ASIC has begun its daily aggregated short positions reports, which are aimed at improving short selling transparency in the Australian market....

Financial planning

Despite dismal April and May returns, many super funds are set to reward members with double digit returns for the financial year....

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Editorial

Many financial planners today face having to adopt a fee-for-service model. Much more is being written on the need for this than on how to implement it in practice. Rober...

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Editorial

David Benney looks at the advantages and disadvantages of direct shares versus managed funds....

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Editorial

With the financial crisis effectively over, Benjamin Levy examines the state of the direct property market and looks at the role it should play for investors in the futur...

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Financial planning

Australian financial institutions are still under represented in emerging Asian markets, while merger and acquisition activity is set to increase globally....

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Financial planning

Companies bringing structured products back into the market following the failures that occurred during the global financial crisis have agreed that transparency is now t...

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