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Advisers search for facts about life/risk churn

The Federal Government and ASIC insist that life/risk churn is real and that it is a serious issue. There exist many advisers in the life/risk space who believe ASIC and ...

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ASIC breaks new ground with Storm settlement appeal

When ASIC announced it was appealing a Federal Court decision to approve a settlement between former Storm Financial clients and Macquarie Bank Limited, it broke new grou...

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Direct or listed property? Investors weigh up their options

Investors are flooding back to property, and as they do they might start asking whether direct or listed is the way to go – or perhaps even both. Freya Purnell writes....

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Ambition should be made of smarter stuff

As the curtain comes down on the current Parliament, financial services players are left to wonder whether the Government should not have just stuck to the script reflect...

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Do direct investors need protection from themselves?

Do direct investors need protection from themselves? Jonathan Ramsay argues taking into account the fundamentals of underlying investments will pay off better than going ...

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Lawyers eye windfall from financial services mergers

Law firms seem to be rubbing their hands together amid increased consolidation in the financial services industry. Justin Whealing reports....

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Financial planners hampered by FOFA doubts

The Future of Financial Advice regime will become law from 1 July, but as the Financial Services Council’s Cecilia Storniolo points out, many questions vital to the finan...

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Weighing up the benefits and risks of multi-manager funds

As advisers become increasingly time-poor, multi-manager funds seem to have emerged as an ‘all-in-one’ solution they need for their clients. But as Benjamin Levy reports,...

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How investors can avoid the pitfalls of ‘cognitive dissonance’

In any investment category there is invariably a broad spectrum of views, many of which are in outright opposition. Nick Armet from Fidelity looks at the behavioural prob...

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Financial advisers face a PI insurance time bomb

Financial planners are required by regulation to hold Professional Indemnity insurance, but Oscar Martinis writes that notwithstanding the increasing cost of premiums, pl...

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Weighing up the pros and cons of absolute return bond strategies

Benchmark-unaware investing seems to be a winning philosophy. Kathryn Young explains where bonds stand. ...

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Why investors can’t afford to be complacent

The world is going through a unique period, so what might have worked in the past will not work in the future. Dominic McCormick says now is not the time to be complacent...