Editorial

How fund managers can mislead using investment performance graphs

Performance graphs can be misleading, warns Rob Keavney, who explains how fund managers and others can create false impressions of investment performance....

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How financial planners should use model portfolios

Many financial planners now use model portfolios to assist in the complex task of managing their clients’ wealth. But is a model portfolio the best option, and what are t...

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Financial planners accept the need for remuneration reform

Research from Wealth Insights and Investment Trends reinforces the degree to which financial planners understand the need for remuneration reform....

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BT reports profit for 2008-09

Profit down 33 per cent compared to previous period, revenue down by $34 million....

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ANZ profit down, impairments up

ANZ has announced an 11 per cent decline in profit, a substantial rise in impairments, and a struggling wealth division....

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Government leaves its superannuation options open

Chris Bowen has sent a clear message that the Government will be cherry-picking the recommendations of the Henry Tax Review....

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Practice management: Putting your money where your mouth is

With so much focus on remuneration, Rick Di Cristoforo believes it may be time for financial advisory services to proactively educate their clients on the value they offe...

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The future of insurance in superannuation

Concessions and how people should access and pay for advice have emerged as the key issues in relation to superannuation and financial services reform....

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Profit turnaround for van Eyk Research

Despite a turbulent year for the financial services industry and the company itself, van Eyk Research has substantially improved its bottom line, while maintaining key bu...

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Can financial planners win back the public’s trust?

In the wake of recent corporate scandals and the global financial crisis, Ray Griffin asks whether the label ‘financial planner’ has become a burden to the industry....

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Lump sum payments: End of the affair

The global financial crisis has dampened Australians’ ardour for lump sum superannuation payouts, with the result that a rash of new pension products are coming to market...

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Selling a new fees structure

It is reassuring that the chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Bernie Ripoll, has indicated that he really does understan...