Editorial

Tower Australia Group has reported a 12 per cent decline in net profit but prefers to point to the positives contained in its underlying profit result....

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Perpetual downgrades profit expectations

Perpetual chairman, Robert Savage forecasts a more than 50 per cent reduction in profit for the 2009 financial year despite cost-savings and a salary freeze....

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The emergence of a new banking environment

The current operating environment is one of the most challenging ever for banks and although writedowns may be coming closer to an end, provisioning expenses are rising a...

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Uncertainty is the only certainty

The Rudd Government’s second Budget could have been much tougher than it ultimately proved to be, writes Mike Taylor....

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Letting go of the baggage

The move by the Association of Financial Advisers to not support the Financial Planning Association’s proposal to transition away from commissions-based financial advice ...

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Navigating the current climate: what role can technology play?

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

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Alternative Investments (Hedge Funds): Alpha adds up for Winton

Macquarie looked at about 300 managers for its Professional Series of investments and narrowed it down to six, including this year’s winner, Winton Global Alpha Fund....

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Regional/Emerging Market Equities: Aberdeen’s meet and greet strategy

It came down to two worthy finalists in the Regional/Emerging Market Equities category, but highly experienced Aberdeen Asset Management ultimately came out on top with i...

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Have we hit bottom yet?

Everyone agrees it is difficult to market time and there’s no point in trying to pick the bottom of the market. Yet every second conversation in the markets today revolve...

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A not-so-cheap shot

It would have come as no surprise to the chief executive of the Financial Planning Association, Jo-Anne Bloch, that she was subject to some stern questioning from the flo...

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Westpac profit holds up, almost

Westpac Banking Corporation has reported just a 1 per cent fall in net profit for the six months to the end of March, but BT Financial Group has tended to struggle....

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Equity Trustees flags lower profit outlook

Equity Trustees has signalled that its profit could be as much as 25 to 30 per cent lower this financial year after reporting a 19.1 per cent decline for the half year....