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While political leaders came and went and further regulation rumbled through, it seemed the financial planning sector spent the last 12 months in a holding pattern with m...

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Editorial

Responsible investment hasn’t exactly taken off in the planner space despite the advent of cheaper products and easier access. Bela Moore reports. ...

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Rate the raters

They may have expanded their services, but research houses are not about to give fund managers a free pass to market. Jason Spits reports....

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Rate the raters

Money Management asked fund managers once again what they thought about the research houses which rate their products....

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Superannuation

Domestic growth assets recorded poor results in May this year, according to Morningstar's Australian Institutional Sector Survey....

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Editorial

Investing in equities offshore has for the past few years been a quick way to add some negatives to a balance sheet, and even the most hardened investors found the going ...

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Editorial

Benchmark-unaware investing seems to be a winning philosophy. Kathryn Young explains where bonds stand. ...

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Editorial

Although they haven’t exactly broken out the champagne, life has become a lot easier for fund managers over the past 12 months. Janine Mace examines the implications for ...

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Superannuation

Consumer engagement will benefit industry funds as managers need to be given time to perform...

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Funds management

Investors give fund managers thumbs-up for costs, but look for greater disclosure at fund level. ...

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Editorial

As a result of RG79 section D, ‘Avoiding, controlling and disclosing conflicts of interest’, what has your firm changed, or what will it change, in terms of both its busi...

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People & Products

Morningstar Investment Management has promoted Ibbotson Associates Australia managing director and chief investment officer Daniel Needham to global chief investment offi...

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Financial planning

Research houses will embark on a campaign of actively promoting their compliance with conflict of interest requirements before the 1 September deadline imposed by ASIC RG...

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Editorial

Market conditions are driving a renewed interest in alternative investments, but a number of practical limitations may be limiting allocations in the retail space. Bela M...

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Funds management

Morningstar’s review of the Asian equities and emerging markets funds space in 2012 has seen one downgrade and two upgrades, with Colonial First State achieving the highe...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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