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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed it received hundreds of complaints relating to Great Southern and Timbercorp last year, as well as more...

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Financial planning

JANINE MACE explores the current love affair with cash, and the risks and benefits of this asset class for investors....

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Financial planning

Receivers for Great Southern respond to claims of a conflict of interest regarding responsible entity Great Southern Managers Australia in letter to investors; the group ...

Editorial

Brad Newcombe considers investors’ options for the best low-risk returns....

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Policy & Regulation

Improves online share trading and saves hours in collating notes and dividend statements....

Financial planning

Receives maximum penalty for multi-billion dollar fraud, with the judge describing Madoff's crimes as "extraordinarily evil"....

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Editorial

When Australia was enjoying a bull property market, investors - many of them retirees - opted to put their money in mortgage funds as a way of guaranteeing a regular inco...

Financial planning

Latest investor confidence index recorded a measure of 2.3, up from -22.3 in the first quarter last year....

Financial planning

Huntley Management has been appointed the new responsible entity for Timbercorp's avocado and mango schemes in what is a small victory for the advisers and investors who ...

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Financial planning

The level of share ownership in Australia has fallen by 14 per cent since 2004, during which time shareholders have increasingly turned to financial planners for advice....

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Funds management

Following the recent downturn of real estate, calls are being made for the listed property sector to focus on new fee structures and governance issues....

Editorial

For smaller retail investors, hedge funds are not necessarily a suitable choice, writes Robert Jaeger....

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Financial planning

A group called AAGRI says it has attracted the backing of 9,000 Timbercorp investors to change the responsible entity of the agribusiness, a number the group said will al...

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Financial planning

Investors in recent Timbercorp managed investment schemes would have to pay back all their tax deductions if they sell their crop, a taxation expert has warned....

Funds management

Twenty-eight per cent of venture capital managers will not be able to raise capital within the next seven years....

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