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Financial planning

As direct investments become more popular, with ETFs in particular gaining ground, Janine Mace discovers that for many consumers cash is still king....

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Editorial

The fallout from the GFC has shaken consumer confidence in the financial services sector, prompting an increase in direct investments. Janine Mace takes a look at what th...

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Financial planning

The global financial crisis has been a game changer and, as Dominic McCormick writes, advisers need to view previously conventional buy and hold strategies as being tanta...

Financial planning

ASIC has moved against what it believes is a Ponzi scheme that extracted $16 million from investors....

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Financial planning

ASIC has started proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court against two Newcastle companies for breaches of an enforceable undertaking....

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Financial planning

The grim days of the global financial crisis may have passed, but, as Benjamin Levy reports, there is sufficient uncertainty about sovereign debt and the pace of economic...

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Editorial

As competition in ETFs increases, it is important for financial advisers and investors to know exactly what they are buying and from whom, according to Tom Keenan. ...

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Financial planning

Van Eyk Research chief executive Mark Thomas believes the low-cost, low-risk and limited advice model some investors are now embracing is a 'pup' model that will ultimate...

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Financial planning

Investors should be prepared for increasingly volatile investment conditions - but that means rewards may be found in relatively vanilla investments, argues Dr Pippa Malm...

Editorial

With the financial crisis effectively over, Benjamin Levy examines the state of the direct property market and looks at the role it should play for investors in the futur...

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Financial planning

Elders has announced its Elders Forestry MIS has failed to gain bank finance for investors....

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Editorial

Alternative investments traditionally offer a buffer against market volatility. Chris Kennedy finds out how they have fared over the course of the last 12 months. ...

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Financial planning

New Russell research suggests that active and passive are not mutually exclusive....

Editorial

Dominic McCormick explains the reasoning behind Select Asset Management's decision to raise concerns regarding Trio Capital/Astarra....

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Financial planning

The Government's plan to raise the super guarantee comes without an adequate focus on improving investor education, according to Australian Unity executive David Bryant....

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