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Plan B announces 36 per cent profit rise

Plan B Group Holdings Limited (Plan B) has announced a 36.1 per cent increase in net profit after tax to $4.59 million for the financial year 2011 (FY2011)....

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August research round up

PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the major funds research houses for an update on their on their most recent projects....

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Researchers name top quant analytics

PortfolioConstruction Forum asked the research houses: Which are the top five quant analytics that practitioners should always consider, and why? And how much credence do...

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The global economy - lessons learned

In mid June, eight members of the PortfolioConstruction Forum Academy travelled to Boston, to undertake a four-day Harvard Business School short course on the global econ...

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Reframing the challenge of underinsurance

The insurance industry has a long way to go to convince consumers that their lives are worth insuring, according to Michael Paff....

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Cutting through the confusion around trauma insurance

Many inconsistencies currently exist between different insurers in their trauma policy wording, especially when it comes to policy lapsing and reinstatement. Col Fullagar...

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AMP upbeat despite 18 per cent profit decline

AMP Limited is upbeat about its financial planning future, despite an 18 per cent decline in first half profit amid strong revenues....

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Who dares wins in FOFA lobbying games

Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, has pointedly excluded the Association of Financial Advisers from those who convinced the Government to concede ground on risk commissi...

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Why financial planners must reassure their clients in hard times

If Australian financial planner sentiment is to follow the patterns of the past decade, the global markets meltdown experienced in the opening days of August is likely to...

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Count posts record net profit

Count Financial (Count) has posted a preliminary record net profit after tax (NPAT) of $52 million in the company's latest earning guidance and dividend announcement....

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Holding APRA to account

As controversy continues to swirl around industry fund MTAA Super, Tasmanian Liberal Senator David Bushby argues it is time for the Australian Prudential Regulation Autho...

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Intra-fund advice class order removal a relief

ASIC's guidance document on scalable advice should be welcomed for one thing, the manner in which it proposes to remove the class relief granted to superannuation fund tr...