Sanford Securities’ board of independent directors is recommending all remaining shareholders accept IWL’s offer to buy their stake in the company a week before the latte...
Perth-based financial planner Philip Carman claims he has developed a portfolio management system which by-passes the forces of fear and greed that operate in extreme mar...
Worldwide equity fund assets declined by 8.1 per cent to US$4.82 trillion in the June quarter of 2002, a result the Worldwide Mutual Fund Assets and Flows Survey says ref...
Australian Planners Financial Services (APFS) will turn over $55 million this financial year through its nationwide network of 200 advisers in 90 member firms....
The dominant mood of planners at the recent FPA Conference was that it has been a tough year but it is important to ensure clients adhere to their long-term strategy and ...
Choosing the most influential people in the financial services industry is a task fraught with difficulty....
The level of outstanding loans relating to margin lending accounts, as well as the number of margin lending clients, have grown dramatically in the past year. PRUE MOODIE...
Indy Singh has built a business based on vision and a fax. BARBARA MESSER spoke with him about his vision and the contents of the fax....
In a recent column, Robert Keavney reignited the risk profiling debate. LISA CHAMBERS argues that planners are legally obliged to understand their client’s risk tolerance...
Diversification can be as important for investors looking for a regular income stream as it is for those looking for capital growth, writes ROB KEAVNEY....
What was once an investment class largely ignored by Australian investors has now emerged as a market contender. KATE KACHOR examines the rise and future of hedge funds....
Will risk profiling stand up in the face of a liability claim? ROBERT KEAVNEY explores the strengths and weaknesses of risk profiling in an increasingly litigious busines...
Are you thinking that risk insurance is not the force it once was? Well it may be time to think again as the product that built the industry re-asserts itself. JASON SPIT...
An understanding of market movements is essential for financial planners and as ROBERT KEAVNEY writes, taking a longer term view will always reveal the underlying fundame...
The US stock market suffered one of its worst ever results in the second quarter of this year, with the broad market Russell 3000 index losing 7.2 per cent in June alone ...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...