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Financial planning

15 Mar

Financial planners are very good at advising their clients on risk strategies, but when to comes to looking at their own situation, the implementation is not so good....

Superannuation

15 Mar

Superannuation maintains top position

Superannuation is still one of the best ways of saving, with the most attractive tax options, says Morrows director superannuation services Murray Wyatt....

Financial planning

15 Mar

Stockford revs up financial planning arm

Stockford has put out to tender a number of its support services to advisers while also hiring high profile former County executive Bruce Garratt to manage its recently a...

Financial planning

15 Mar

Technology stocks to face more pain

Technology stocks are cyclical, according to Salomon Smith Barney Asset Management's chief economist Brian Parker....

Financial planning

15 Mar

Aust master trust powers UK market

Australian-based ObjectMastery is on-target with the number of UK independent advisers it has signed up for its Transact master trust in its first year of operations....

Financial planning

15 Mar

Money to flood into European equity funds

Europeans are to be the dominant global investors in the next five years, according to HSBC head of European equities Chris Rice....

Financial planning

15 Mar

ASIC concerned about quality of advice

ASIC is concerned about the quality of advice being given in Australia, driving a push for standardisation of training and licensing, according to director of regulatory ...

Financial planning

14 Mar

AXA Alliance no miracle cure

Alliance Capital's global vice chairman Alfred Harrison is playing down expectations of the group's joint venture with AXA....

Financial planning

08 Mar

Merrill Lynch launches retail assault

Merrill Lynch is launching an onslaught into the Australian retail market with the launch of eight new products this month and the trebling of its sales team....

Financial planning

02 Mar

AXA consummates marriage with Alliance

The marriage between AXA Australia and Alliance Capital will be consummated today (Friday) with the launch of the first wave of new products under the joint venture....