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Financial planning

Big four bank customers could save thousands in annual costs if they switch to the cheapest products available....

Financial planning

Despite comprising less than two per cent of retail funds, structured products have received more than their fair share of criticism over the past year. Vince Scully disc...

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Editorial

Doug Turek describes how bonds can be used as an easy-to-drive vehicle to a successful retirement....

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Editorial

With lofty ambitions and relative confidence, many Generation Y investors are ready to buy into the housing market, writes Kristy Sheppard. ...

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Financial planning

Share markets will not sustain recent gains and will fall to pre-2003 levels....

Financial planning

The performance of Australian equities has rewarded those investors who maintained a local bias, according to a new analysis....

Financial planning

JPMorgan Private Bank in Asia has proved less bullish about economic recovery than the RBA, positioning for a deceleration in the second half of next year....

Financial planning

Despite the big four banks consistently rating among the lowest across all three banking categories, 76 per cent of bank customers said they had no plans to switch to ano...

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Editorial

Beware the consensus of negativity at the bottom of cycles, writes Mark Newman....

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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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Life/Risk

Rise in insurance claims wipes out underwriting surplus; profits down....

Editorial

Robert Keavney draws back the curtains to examine the reliability of financial forecasts....

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Editorial

Investors should have fixed income allocations to lower portfolio risk and avoid the disasters of the past few years, argues STEPHEN HART....

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Financial planning

An education savings plan is often a good advice proposition advisers can utilise to attract younger clients, according to new LifePlan head Matt Walsh....

Financial planning

BENJAMIN LEVY reports on the growing use of reverse mortgages to shore up diminishing client wealth....

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