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Financial planning

Macquarie Adviser Services has warned financial advisers to look behind the offer of high interest rates when considering whether to recommend cash management products....

Financial planning

Property owners have cooled on the idea of withdrawing housing equity to finance personal expenditure, a report from the Reserve Bank of Australia has found....

Life/Risk

Advisers have an opportunity to boost the uptake of personal insurance, after the insurance head at a leading financial services organisation warned the product had falle...

Financial planning

In times of higher inflation and rising interest rates, financial planners will need to become more strategic and move into tactical allocation territory when constructin...

Financial planning

Credit providers need to be mindful of existing advertising offers before making changes to products, following recent representations by the corporate regulator over bai...

Financial planning

No financial market can be looked at on its own when examining how it operates and its potential for investment opportunities because money is currently flowing very easi...

Financial planning

Significant upside can be experienced during a period of rising interest rates by adopting a defensive strategy that utilises fixed income investments, according to FIIG ...

Financial planning

Australian listed investment company Argo Investments has recorded a record profit and increased dividends for the year and is anticipating its strong financial position ...

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Financial planning

Recent volatility in global equity markets has caused a slow-down in Macquarie Bank’s disposal of seed assets into specialist funds, according to the company’s leading ex...

Funds management

Foreign investors have now become net sellers of Japanese equities for the first time in three years as evidence mounts that the economy may be slowing, according to the ...

Financial planning

Negative investor sentiment over rising interest rates continued to put downward pressure on the world’s equity markets in June, according to Standard & Poor’s....

Financial planning

Fixed income specialist FIIG Securities Limited has called for greater transparency in the interest rate market and greater investment diversification from retail investo...

Editorial

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Financial planning

As financial markets dive, bankers and investors alike are wondering whether to rebalance and just how risk averse they should become....

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