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Financial planning

JANINE MACE explores the current love affair with cash, and the risks and benefits of this asset class for investors....

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Financial planning

Australia's biggest dealer group is considering restructuring its 1,400-plus adviser force into separate licences and brands....

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Editorial

Patrick Farrell discusses the importance of top-down management and the current risk environment in funds management....

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Financial planning

The multi-manager market has maintained its appeal during the downturn, reporting positive inflows and growth. Janine Mace reports....

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Financial planning

Researchers aim to develop advanced modelling techniques for alternative investment returns....

Life/Risk

Professional indemnity costs are rising, and so are the hurdles financial planners have to meet to secure a policy....

Financial planning

Tim King discusses what financial services licensees should be ready for in compliance when a regulator comes knocking. ...

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Funds management

Twenty-eight per cent of venture capital managers will not be able to raise capital within the next seven years....

Financial planning

Australian super fund trustees should prepare for a flood of new regulation out of the US in the wake of the financial crisis....

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Financial planning

Salary freezes and reductions, job cuts and drawn-out recruitment processes: challenging times lie ahead, but the diversity of the financial services sector means a varie...

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Financial planning

Government moves to stamp out risky investment behaviour will lead to greater scrutiny of remuneration in the financial services sector, particularly at the executive lev...

Financial planning

Key areas for improvement include those of market transparency, legal documentation, collateralisation, and the use of infrastructure....

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Editorial

The current economic climate has put pressure on financial planning practices throughout Australia and around the world....

Funds management

The process Lonsec implemented to select the winners for each category consisted of three components. ...

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Financial planning

Attempts to address underinsurance problem in Australia by means of adviser education....

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