INVESTMENT TRENDS

Editorial

Despite its relatively small size, solid growth in recent years has made the exchange-traded fund (ETF) space the envy of managed funds and some of the other sectors. Fre...

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Financial planning

Although only a third of financial planners used annuities over the past year, demand for this product continues to grow, according to a survey released by Investment Tre...

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Superannuation

New research confirms that financial advisers can make a difference in achieving comfortable retirement....

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Editorial

A patchy economy and global turmoil has left the industry grappling with a jumpy share market and turning to active management in a bid to stave off negative returns. Ben...

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Superannuation

Financial planners have estimated a third of their clients were not on track to achieving a comfortable retirement, according to a survey released by Investment Trends....

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Editorial

Boom years are long gone for the margin lending sector. Given that the improvement in the share market is one of the main catalysts for using margin loans, the sector is ...

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Financial planning

The Investment Management Consultants Association is offering a range of scholarships within its Certified Investment Management program....

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Life/Risk

The risk insurance industry has defied all odds and continued to experience strong growth amid economic uncertainty. However, that is not to say the sector has managed to...

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Editorial

The popularity of cash products does not seem to revolve solely around investment sentiment anymore. Milana Pokrajac reports....

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Financial planning

Platform providers have invested around $130 million on new developments in 2011, with MLC Wrap and Navigator platforms receiving the highest ranking from financial plann...

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Financial planning

Things are not looking up for margin lending as recent data shows the sector was given a cold shoulder by financial planners yet again....

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Financial planning

The number of Australians actively trading shares online has increased, despite market returns expectations having collapsed in the second half of 2011, according to Inve...

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Financial planning

The number of Australians actively trading shares online has increased, despite market returns expectations having collapsed in the second half of 2011, according to Inve...

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Financial planning

Financial planners have continued to steer clear of growth assets while more than doubling their portfolio allocation to term deposits in the past year....

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Policy & Regulation

Members of the Financial Planning Association are more prepared to meet the changes required by the Government's Future of Financial Advice changes....

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So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...

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This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...

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So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...

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The decision whether to proceed with a $100 million settlement for members of the buyer of last resort class action against AMP has been decided in the Federal Court....

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