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Financial planning

In the year of the tech-wreck in global equity markets, declining interest rates and a slowing global economy, those fund managers who stuck to investment fundamentals ha...

Financial planning

Gearing for investment can cover a range of products and strategies. Paul van Rooyen examines gearing in home equity and margin lending as part of a wealth creation strat...

Funds management

Colonial First State Investment Managers will be expanding its alternative asset management to include multi manager hedge funds by the second half of the year....

Financial planning

The banks have responded quickly to the RBA’s reduction of the cash interest rate by a further quarter of a per cent to 5.5 per cent....

Financial planning

Defensive investment strategies will be crucial in the coming months as advisers reach investment crossroads, according to Deutsche Asset Management chief investment offi...

Financial planning

UK financial services group Halifax has paid one billion pounds ($A2.68 billion) for troubled British insurer Equitable Life....

Funds management

Listed property trusts (LPTs) performed strongly amongst asset classes at the end of last year, only to lose ground in mid January as concerns about a hard landing of the...

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services vice president of fixed interest and foreign exchange Anthony Michael says there are three main themes driving the Australian economic situatio...

Funds management

Challenger International is to launch an Australian equities hedge fund next February making it one of the first locally managed hedge funds to be unveiled here....

Financial planning

The financial planning industry has become one of Australia’s most sought after industries for employment, according to the latest Morgan & Banks job index....

Financial planning

The bull run for global stockmarkets will end about 2010, which is when the baby-boomers start to retire, says AMP Henderson Global Investors chief economist Dr Shane Oli...

Financial planning

While the gloss has been wiped off technology the market still has potential for careful investors while look at the weather report for the sector says the fundamentals s...

Financial planning

The financial planning industry has become one of Australia’s most sought after industries for employment, according to the latest Morgan & Banks job index....

Financial planning

The bull run for global stockmarkets will end about 2010, which is when the baby-boomers start to retire, says AMP Henderson Global Investors chief economist Dr Shane Oli...

Superannuation

Australia needs to move away from dependence on lump sum superannuation payouts and into retirement income streams. <B>Kieran Dell</B> examines how new products can help ...

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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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