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Although experts predict a good year for emerging markets, some regions -like Europe - should be avoided. However, it is always important to stay ahead of the curve, writ...

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Financial planning

HSBC has launched a new fund - the 100+ Series International Equity Investment - offering diversified equity exposure....

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Financial planning

ASIC has released new disclosure benchmarks and principles for infrastructure entities in order to provide retail investors with a better understanding of the associated ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has released new disclosure benchmarks and principles for infrastructure entities in order to provide retail investors with a better understanding of the associated ...

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Financial planning

Slater & Gordon has filed a representative proceeding against the GPT Group in the Federal Court of Australia, alleging that the company engaged in misleading and decepti...

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Financial planning

Three industry executives have launched a networking site for investment professionals in an attempt to end opaque and unscrupulous behaviour surrounding investment recom...

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Financial planning

RaboDirect's new online self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) is designed to hand back control to financially and technically savvy retail investors....

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Financial planning

ASIC wants retail investors to better understand the conditions and risks of hybrid securities and unsecured notes....

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Financial planning

ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has flagged surveillance around residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) disclosure standards in 2012....

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Financial planning

The Government has released a discussion paper to consult with industry on the regulations around over-the-counter derivatives....

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Financial planning

In the short term, we often see dramatic differences in the performance of hedged vs unhedged international equities portfolios. How much (if any) of an international equ...

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Editorial

In the short term, we often see dramatic differences in the performance of hedged vs unhedged international equities portfolios. How much (if any) of an international equ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned Rory Mor Macleod Deutsch from providing financial services for four years following an investigation....

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Financial planning

Earlier this year, ASIC promised to direct most of its efforts to scrutinising areas such as advice related to structured products. Janine Mace examines the implications ...

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Financial planning

Perpetual and AXA's decision to wind up their mortgage funds would result in increasingly limited choices for investors in this sector, according to Equity Trustees portf...

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