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Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has lobbied Washington for an intergovernmental agreement to resolve the FATCA debate....

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People & Products

AMP Financial Services has announced the appointment of Libby Roy as director of corporate superannuation....

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People & Products

Three key personnel from Sovereign Investment Research will join Mercer Investments as part of Mercer's strategy to create the 'leading alternatives boutique in this regi...

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Financial planning

After a sizeable dip in FUM in 2011, the total platform market ended the year to 31 March 2012 almost unchanged....

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Superannuation

The average return of the median growth superannuation fund has fallen 2.3 per cent in May but there is still a chance of a positive financial year return, according to t...

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Superannuation

There are two aspects of the European debt crisis that investors need to consider, according to Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity Worldwide Investment....

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People & Products

Ascalon Asia has appointed Andrew Hutson as investment analyst covering business development and investor relations in Asia, Europe and the United States for select Ascal...

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Editorial

While three key global equities markets still face trouble, there has been a major shift in investor behaviour towards this sector. Benjamin Levy reports investors are mo...

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Financial planning

The Australian financial services system is in danger of being unable to comply with the new foreign tax compliance system proposed by the United States, according to the...

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Funds management

The Reserve Bank of Australia's most recent interest rate cut could spur a comeback in the Australian equities market, according to new research by Lonsec....

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Funds management

Investing in volatility is unlikely to bring investors the rewards they may expect with the financial climate in Europe still so uncertain, according to former Perpetual ...

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Financial planning

According to Prolexic Technologies Quarterly Global Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack report, the financial services industry has seen a threefold increase in t...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Standards Board has praised its member organisation, the Financial Planning Association, for its efforts in negotiating some of the key legislative...

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Financial planning

The global fixed income sector has suffered a number of fund downgrades due to poor results in the second half of 2011, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P's) latest sect...

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Funds management

Australia's exchange-traded fund (ETF) market is up to proposed international standards, according to an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) report....

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