GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Editorial

Reading their submissions to the Ripoll inquiry, it's clear that not only do ASIC and Treasury hold very different views, but Treasury, in particular, has no desire to se...

Financial planning

ROGER BRIDGES considers the changing nature of fixed interest....

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Editorial

DAMON TAYLOR reports on the successes – and failures – of fixed interest investments in light of the global financial crisis....

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Financial planning

With new research revealing that Australian superannuation fund members remained rusted on to their funds despite the GFC, there are calls for more focus on the quality o...

Financial planning

New Investment Trends research has revealed the degree to which confidence in managed funds and financial planners has taken a hit....

Financial planning

A new survey of fund managers around the world suggests it is too early to call an end to the global financial crisis....

Financial planning

Perpetual's funds under management are continuing to grow from the lows recorded at the peak of the global financial crisis....

Editorial

Today there are few willing to defend commission payments, writes George Lucas. But are commissions the root cause of all that is wrong with the financial planning indust...

Top 100

The top life companies in the Money Management/Dexx&r Adviser Choice Risk Awards are devoting more resources to adviser and client education to tap into the surging risk ...

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Financial planning

There are tentative signs discretionary bonuses in employee pay packets are making a comeback....

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Financial planning

Further signs have emerged of a recovery in the financial services jobs market, but off a very low base....

Financial planning

The global financial crisis is spurring record demand by advice firm principals for help in putting succession plans in place, according to the head of IPAC Business Part...

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Financial planning

Australian superannuation funds have emerged as the fastest growing in the world, but the GFC means it may be years before they make up recent losses....

Editorial

Reverse mortgage products are attracting a new breed of strategic senior borrowers who are proving the industry’s naysayers wrong, argues MARTIN LYNCH....

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Editorial

The financial services industry needs to be alert to the fact that the Government is tightening regulatory control of the industry and its markets – not in a legislative ...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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...

3 weeks 6 days ago

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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Professional services group AZ NGA has made its first acquisition since announcing a $240 million strategic partnership with US manager Oaktree Capital Management in Sept...

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