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It has been a tough year for platform providers, with three out of six largest platforms reporting negative net flows for the year ending June 2011, according to data pub...
Editorial
Investor sentiment is still low and financial advisers are blamed for losses. Advisers will face a difficult period in the next 12 months, but will be presented with a ra...
Financial planning
Despite a wave of indiscriminate selling by Western investors, the fundamentals remain strong for Asian equities, writes Tim Stewart....
Editorial
Despite posting a solid profit of $5.36 billion, ANZ Banking Group's wealth management division struggled over the past year, according to its full year results posted on...
Financial planning
Despite the market volatility, latest data indicates financial planners and paraplanners are still in demand....
Financial planning
Financial advisers have reacted angrily to continuing attacks on the industry by compensation lawyers who blame financial planners for negative market performance and enc...
Financial planning
The global financial crisis (GFC) acted as a catalyst for many financial planners to change their business models - something that has placed them in good stead as they d...
Financial planning
NAB has reported a strong full-year result, but while increasing financial planner numbers, MLC and NAB Wealth have continued to struggle....
Financial planning
AMP platforms perform well amid testing times....
Superannuation
Self-managed super funds have increased their cash and fixed interest holdings and significantly reduced their Australian share exposure, according to a Multiport survey....
Superannuation
Considerable risks exist for superannuation fund members trying to time the market amid the current volatility....
Superannuation
The number of SMSFs continues to grow, but the products available to them remain limited....
Superannuation
New Chant West data reveals superannuation returns have plumbed depths not seen since GFC....
Financial planning
The financial planning industry will once again buck the trend of the wider market and experience strong levels of hiring, largely due to attrition and experienced planne...
Financial planning
The insurance and superannuation industries are relatively well placed to absorb further falls in the stock market and a blow-out in credit spreads, according to APRA cha...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...