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Editorial

An Australian Crime Commission report into investment scams has underscored the role financial planners have in protecting investors from themselves....

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Financial planning

BetaShares has launched a new product which it claims will allow investors to hedge against a decline in the value of the Australian equities market....

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Financial planning

It is highly unlikely that 37 investors who lost approximately $680,000 in a Gold Coast-based investment scam will ever recover their money, according to ASIC....

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Financial planning

The 'serious money' being funnelled into Australian agribusiness is coming from overseas, according to Australian Agribusiness Group managing director Marcus Elgin....

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Financial planning

Colonial First State has used platform flows data to generate a clearer picture of investor sentiment....

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Editorial

Dominick McCormick argues that shares, not bonds, should be the core of long-term portfolios....

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Financial planning

City Index Australasia and its director Blair Jason Travers have been found guilty in Melbourne's Federal Court of a cold-calling scam that promised to generate returns f...

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Editorial

During the GFC, direct property had a number of issues related to manager capability, asset quality, illiquidity and gearing. However, the sector has been working hard to...

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Superannuation

The number of units on issue in the Australian ETF industry was stable last month, primarily due to new money flowing into several ETFs across a number of asset classes t...

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Editorial

In order to bring back the appeal of managed funds, Australia needs to comply with the newly created international standards on managed fund structures, according to Harv...

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Financial planning

Two men have pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney to operating a Ponzi scheme called the Integrity Plus Fund....

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Editorial

One of the areas where the cycle of pessimism and optimism offers regular interesting opportunities is listed investment companies, writes Dominic McCormick....

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Editorial

Dr Stephen Nash looks at asset allocation and why some balanced funds are not so balanced....

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Funds management

Australian Property Growth Fund and Cyre Trilogy Group are accusing each other of misleading investors in their battle over the management of four Austgrowth Property Tru...

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Editorial

While three key global equities markets still face trouble, there has been a major shift in investor behaviour towards this sector. Benjamin Levy reports investors are mo...

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