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Financial planning

Just like any other business, financial advice practices need to think about sustainability. Marc Fabris explains how to make sure your business enjoys many happy birthda...

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Editorial

As interest rates fall, making cash and term deposits less attractive to investors, there’s an increased level of interest in property. However, a stampede back into the ...

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Financial planning

Interest rate decline bites TAL’s underlying investments - but new business pushes ahead ...

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Superannuation

Self-managed super fund trustees have shied away from cash due to falling interest rates but stayed close to defensive and low-risk assets, shifting funds into fixed inte...

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Superannuation

A new financial product known as Endowment Bonds has been proposed as an annuity alternative by the Endowment Bond Exchange. ...

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Financial planning

Annuities offer a retirement solution but are often expensive to buy – and don’t adequately tackle the focus the Australian financial services market has on accumulating ...

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Financial planning

Consumers are displaying less signs of stress in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest data released by Dun & Bradstreet as part of its Consumer Financi...

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Editorial

With yields at record lows and negative returns on bonds being an absolute certainty, is there really a point to investing in fixed interest? Aman Ramrakha from CBA Wealt...

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Editorial

Market conditions are driving a renewed interest in alternative investments, but a number of practical limitations may be limiting allocations in the retail space. Bela M...

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Superannuation

While experts appear to be urging SMSF investors away from cash, CANSTAR's Chris Groth believes there may be more to that ‘long-term marriage' with cash than people might...

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Editorial

While the Australian economy has been expected to be affected only tangentially by fiscal problems experienced elsewhere, at an investment level there are strong effects ...

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Financial planning

Tyndall Asset Management has suggested that the Australian dollar is likely to remain strong over the short to -medium term, generating implications for monetary policy a...

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Financial planning

Roy Morgan data points to strengthening business confidence among financial services and insurance firms, but eFinancialCareers claims retrenchments are the order of the ...

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Financial planning

Despite a slight decrease in return expectations, investor sentiment remains on a high, according to a new survey by Investment Trends....

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Financial planning

Felix Stephen from Advance Asset Management answers questions about reactions to the latest world events and gives his outlook on key global economies and financial asset...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

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

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Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

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Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

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Specialist wealth platform provider Mason Stevens has become the latest target of an acquisition as it enters a binding agreement with a leading Sydney-based private equi...

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