RESEARCH AND RATINGS

Financial planning

Law firm warns that ratings houses could be partially liable for money lost by investors in financial products they rate, following a landmark ruling in the Australian Fe...

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Superannuation

The same company which produced research claiming FOFA would make advice cheaper is now in the headlines for giving women more super than men....

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Life/Risk

Pan-Asian insurer AIA Group has boosted new business by more than 25 per cent. ...

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Financial planning

New US research suggests planners need to be careful about making assumptions about what female clients want....

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Funds management

Zenith Investment Partners’ Daniel Liptak has joined newly-established specialist institutional consulting firm ZG Advisors. ...

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Superannuation

Research reveals a smaller proportion of super fund members intends to leave and set up a self-managed super fund....

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Financial planning

The majority of chief executives in Australia believe technology plays a significant role in developing and bringing new financial products to the Asian market, according...

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Financial planning

Planners who specialise in SMSF advice derive almost half of their revenue from this advice ...

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Funds management

Australian assets have delivered a trifecta for investors over the last 10-20 years - but that is likely to change, say Russell Investments. ...

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Financial planning

Zenith Investment Partners will provide research to ESI Financial Services, the financial planning arm of 49,000-member industry superannuation fund Energy Super. ...

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Financial planning

New FOFA research commissioned by industry funds is at odds with reality, according to financial planning executives. ...

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Superannuation

ASFA calls for community involvement in survey to gather views on the future of Australia’s super system....

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Financial planning

SMSF investors have a higher propensity to seek out and value advice than non-SMSFs, while nearly half of recent SMSF investors are under the age of 30....

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Funds management

The current average interest rate on a 12-month term deposit is seeing Australians barely breaking even – but cash continues to be a popular investment vehicle....

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Funds management

New analysis from CFS Global Asset Management points to how higher savings helped with deleveraging and the risks associated with a lower currency....

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