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Financial planning

Older planners who have been deferring their retirement plans are putting their businesses up for sale as markets improve, according to Forte Asset Solutions director Ste...

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Superannuation

AMP’s Philip LaGreca explores the key considerations for SMSF trustees investing in overseas property....

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Superannuation

Falling interest rates could force Australian superannuation funds to boost allocations to alternative assets to enhance investment returns....

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Editorial

AMP Capital's Michael Price explains why retirees should consider Australian equities for their income needs....

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Editorial

Zurich's Angus Crennan argues that traditional defensive assets are no longer delivering the desired results. So, what is the future of the current “safe havens”?...

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Financial planning

Australia is ahead of many developed markets when it comes to the education of its financial planners, according to CFA Institute managing director, Asia Pacific, Paul Sm...

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Financial planning

Apostle Asset Management has this week announced new mandates that have increased fund flows into the Apostle Loomis Sayles Credit Opportunities Fund and the Apostle Loom...

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Financial planning

One in five first homebuyers is now aged 40 or over, according to a Mortgage Choice survey of 1000 Australians who plan on buying their first home in the next two years....

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Life/Risk

Buying a property presents an ideal time for clients to consider their insurance and estate planning needs, according to Smartline's Joe Sirianni....

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Financial planning

In protecting their capital in retirement, investors need to consider the concentration of risk in any new investment strategy they take on, according to Wingate Asset Ma...

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Funds management

Companies need to understand that the change in the world economy is structural rather than cyclical, says Schroders head of Australian equities Martin Conlon....

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Funds management

A structural change in investor attitudes means fund managers are now competing in a "savings pool" rather than an "investment pool", according to BT Investment Managemen...

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Editorial

Perpetual’s Matt Sherwood explains why recent central bank stimulus has boosted investor sentiment but not solved any of the world's structural problems. ...

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Editorial

Chris Selth says it is vital investors understand the structural changes taking place and the impact it will have on their portfolio management....

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Financial planning

Sixty-six per cent of Australian mortgage holders believe they could probably get a better deal from another lending source, according to new research released by Ernst &...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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