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Market sentiment is down and share trader retail investors are slightly keener to seek financial advice and education, according to the latest CMC Markets Share Trader In...

Financial planning

AMP Capital Investors has launched a global listed infrastructure fund that the investment manager says will provide retail investors with exciting growth opportunities i...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council (FSC)/PricewaterhouseCoopers CEO survey has revealed that Australia has its work cut out for it before it can meet the challenges of an age...

Funds management

State Street Global Advisors has announced that its exchange-traded funds products have broken through the $3 billion barrier....

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Infrastructure assets are now attractively priced and offer the potential for good yields at moderate risk, but the devil is in the detail. AMP Capital's Greg Maclean exp...

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Financial planning

Dr Pamela Hanrahan has been confirmed as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC's) newly appointed regional commissioner for Queensland....

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Financial planning

ASIC has advised that issuers of structured products must better outline counterparty risk and the costs investors might encounter if they terminate or redeem a product b...

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Financial planning

Mark Thomas argues that financial planners must convince their spooked clients that index management and term deposits are the wrong strategy....

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put the spotlight on contracts for difference (CFD) due to the increasing popularity of this risky product...

Financial planning

The lack of common descriptors for responsible investments is serving to confuse investors and, in some cases, financial planners....

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Financial planning

Delia Rickard takes control of the supervision of financial advisers while former FPA executive Gerard Fitzpatrick takes responsibility for investment managers and supera...

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Financial planning

Van Eyk Research chief executive Mark Thomas believes the low-cost, low-risk and limited advice model some investors are now embracing is a 'pup' model that will ultimate...

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Financial planning

Tower Australia Group has raised about $96 million, despite the prevailing analyst sentiment that it was not a good time to engage in a capital raising....

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Funds management

New research by BlackRock suggests regulatory changes in the UK have made ETFs a more attractive proposition for advisers....

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Financial planning

ASIC has released updated requirements for unlisted debentures and unsecured notes to improve disclosure to retail investors....

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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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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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