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Funds management

Global assets under management in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded products will pass US$2 trillion in early 2012, and US$2 trillion purely in ETFs by the...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called for standardised labelling of financial products to provide retail investors with a better understa...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called for standardised labelling of financial products to provide retail investors with a better understa...

Editorial

China leads the field when it comes to emerging markets, but there are some attractive alternatives in the sector. Benjamin Levy reports....

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Editorial

Mark Hoven outlines the key points of difference in the various approaches to fund ratings and examines the need for improved adviser knowledge of these methodologies....

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Funds management

The demand from retail investors for direct and listed property is slowly returning – a trend set by institutional investors in 2010....

Financial planning

ASIC may have weathered the global financial crisis, but retail investors remain less than impressed....

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Financial planning

Perpetual Trustee Company has reached a settlement with Lehman Brothers Special Financing that will see more than 1,000 investors in Mahogany Capital credit-linked notes ...

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Financial planning

Despite failed public/private partnerships and the complexity surrounding Australian infrastructure, Benjamin Levy discovers all is not lost in the sector....

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Financial planning

ASIC chairman Tony D’Aloisio defends the regulator’s actions through the global financial crisis and explains why it did not act sooner on Storm Financial....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Group has passed its annual assessment for 2009, but continues to address areas of concern, including its listing rule framework ...

Financial planning

Aviva Investors has paired up with the financial services technology provider Iress Market Technology to launch a direct separately managed account (SMA)....

Financial planning

ASIC is worried that people using CFDs don’t understand the process or the risks....

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Financial planning

The ability of exchange-traded funds to deliver diversification and lower costs has led to increased interest from investors. Inflows have grown from a low base in Austra...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission proposes tightening up on over-the-counter CFD sales....

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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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Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

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Lonsec has appointed a new chief executive for its research and ratings division as Mike Wright takes up a new role in light of the acquisition of Evidentia Group by Lons...

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The Financial Services and Credit Panel has cancelled the registration of an NSW adviser for two years as it felt he displayed a ‘level of incompetence’ in providing advi...

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