GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

Financial planning

In what represents a disturbing finding, a new survey has revealed Australians blaming their financial woes on bad luck rather than bad management....

Financial planning

New research has revealed that consumers remain confident in their own banks but blame the banking industry for many of the GFC woes....

Financial planning

Employment demand for financial planners increased in the last quarter for the first time since the start of the global financial crisis, according to recruitment special...

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Financial planning

Distorted markets create significant opportunities for active managers....

Financial planning

The sons of the principal of a Melbourne advice firm currently under receivership have started up another firm under the licence of dealer group Australian Financial Serv...

Financial planning

Planners are increasingly spurning buyer of last resort (BOLR) offers from their own dealer groups for higher-multiple offers in the marketplace, while only 25 per cent o...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s submission to the Ripoll Inquiry has raised the stakes for the future of the financial planning industry but has al...

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Financial planning

The new world will require advisers to 'anticipate and recalibrate' as markets start to normalise away from the easy-investing environment of the past 20 years....

Financial planning

Loan to value ratios in margin loans 'go out the window' in financial crisis....

Funds management

Emerging markets will not be as dramatically affected by the global financial crisis as they have been by economic crises in the past, says S&P Fund Services analyst....

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Financial planning

The financial services industry is faced with a considerable unknown regarding the future of the bank deposit guarantee, according to IFSA deputy chief John O'Shaughnessy...

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Financial planning

Recent study finds people are increasingly using the global financial crisis as a reason to cancel their life insurance policy....

Editorial

Life is messy, and investing is no exception. Dominic McCormick writes why he believes investors are not well served by current asset allocation methods....

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Editorial

There’s zero correlation between the number of pages in an offer document and investment performance. Yep, you can make money from a fat prospectus and lose it on a skinn...

Financial planning

CAROLINE MUNRO reports on the pressing need for better retirement products, particularly in light of the growing longevity risk in Australia and the impact of the global ...

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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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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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