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Companies that are operating in growing markets, which have low levels of debt, pricing power and generate significant amounts of free cash and give most of that back to ...

Stock prices are driven by earnings. The greatest returns come from companies that can deliver positive earnings surprises relative to market expectations, according to B...

John Campbell has worked in Australian equities for 22 years on both the sell and buy side, primarily in an equity research capacity. Prior to setting up Avoca, his most ...

David Pace is a portfolio manager at Greencape Capital. He previously spent 13 years at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers where he ran the MLIM High Conviction Strategy f...

While financial planners have warned that the FOFA changes will be significant, Mike Taylor reports that the Government does not see that as an impediment to achieving it...

The Government's pursuit of its FOFA reforms has degenerated into trench warfare, with the financial planning industry 'digging in' to fight the changes. ...

Investors remain nervous and are still heavily invested in cash, but are they doing the right thing? How serious is the threat of macro issues, and when will it be the ri...

Stephen Hart examines the rising cost of living and ways to protect clients against a rise in both the consumer price index (CPI) and its volatility....

Why invest in term deposits or global bonds when you can invest in Aussie bonds and get a better return? Jeff Brunton reports....

Rachel Leong explains how the retirement date, withdrawals and the timing of Section 290-170 notices can have a great impact on the amount of deductions that can be claim...

Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, stirred up a great deal of anger and resentment recently by saying that he did not believe the key ...

Many financial planners have lost faith in the Federal Government’s willingness to inject balance into FOFA and, as Mike Taylor writes, this attitude was not helped by re...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 1 week ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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