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The margin lending sector seems to be going through a partial revival, but no thanks to financial planners....

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Superannuation

Specialist SMSF administrator SuperGuardian has been appointed by online broker Bell Direct to manage its integrated SMSF solution. ...

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Editorial

It can seem that deficits outweigh the benefits when it comes to investing in emerging markets at present but, as Milana Pokrajac reports, while some of the emerging mark...

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Financial planning

Milana Pokrajac looks at some of the challenges and opportunities financial planners can expect over the next 12 months. ...

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Financial planning

A new survey of financial planners reveals recent regulatory changes make the provision of margin lending advice less attractive....

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Accounting

Fears about data security could be preventing self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) accountants from taking their clients' information online, a report has found. ...

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Financial planning

The demand for financial advice is quickly rising, with industry super funds expected to deliver, according to an Investment Trends report....

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Financial planning

New report shows financial planners are allocating more new client investments to international assets than at any time since the global financial crisis. ...

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Funds management

Australian investors’ appetite for overseas funds has spiked in the last month, with a growing proportion opting for multi-region investment, a survey shows. ...

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Financial planning

New research shows financial planners’ return expectations are up for the first time in four years, reflecting an increase in investor sentiment....

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Editorial

Although the rest of the world has moved heavily into index funds in recent years, Australians and Kiwis have to a degree maintained their love affair with an active mana...

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Editorial

As the shadow of the Global Financial Crisis finally passes, the popular ‘safety in cash’ philosophy seems to have departed too. But with an ageing population and the mem...

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Accounting

A growing number of accountants have a favoured financial planner to feed their self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) clients to, a survey has revealed....

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Financial planning

The number of planners using risk software continues to rise, according to a 2013 Investment Trends report....

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Editorial

As the boom in the Australian economy recedes, investors from this country are beginning to look at rising Asian equities as a strategy to boost returns – but a sense of ...

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