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First home buying has fallen to its lowest level ever, making up just 6.9 per cent of all home loans, down from a previous long-term national average of 15 per cent, acco...
Editorial
Planners' appetite for fixed income has been on the decline, but will question marks over rates and markets change that? Kate Cowling investigates....
Funds management
Forecast interest rate increases in the US and UK allied to a weakening Australian dollar could see a “rush of capital out of Australia”, Australian Unity Investments chi...
Editorial
Chad Padowitz looks at the correlation between volatility and market risk....
Life/Risk
Life insurers operating in the group risk area ignored warnings from APRA that price reductions and soft underwriting practices would affect profitability...
Life/Risk
Australian commercial property assets are expected to remain attractive to investors despite “soft market fundamentals”, new research reveals....
Life/Risk
Investors looking to buy into the property market should consider how their financial goals can be met and whether commercial property will help them reach those targets,...
Financial planning
There has been a decline in the number of disputes handled by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) relating to financial services providers, the industry umpire’s annual...
Editorial
Still haunted by memories of the GFC, investors are excessively focusing on yield to the detriment of diversification. Knowing how crises manifest in different ways, they...
Financial planning
Advisory firm finds an increasing number of Australian business owners are choosing to part-sell their business....
Editorial
A quick look at Australia's changing demographic profile raises many questions about the future for the retirement market, but also shows the hunt for dividend yield is f...
Superannuation
Research showed Australian super funds slid down rankings of the world’s largest 300 pension funds as the dollar weakened....
Financial planning
Banking consumers still rate CBA as the leader among the country’s ‘Big Four’ for customer satisfaction, despite negative publicity surrounding the bank’s financial plann...
Funds management
Regulatory changes to the Corporations Act intended to drive up the retail corporate bond market will not make a huge difference, according to industry insiders....
Editorial
Accommodative monetary policy in the US is set to continue, which should see the equity market climb higher, Mark Thomas writes. ...
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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....