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Listed property: Index caught by surprise

Stephen Hiscock and Grant Berry discuss the ramifications of the global financial crisis on listed property securities....

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Professional Investment Services ruling riles battered financial planners

PIS took a reputational hit when ASIC announced it had reached a settlement on matters relating to a class action tied to the collapse of Westpoint....

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Industry superannuation funds in a spin over rollovers

Membership of large, well-resourced superannuation funds has its advantages, writes Mike Taylor....

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WHSP cranks out 98.6 per cent profit leap

Diversified investment company Washington H. Soul Pattinson has reported a profit surge on the back of its diversified exposures, particularly coal....

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Is experience worth more than a degree in financial planning?

Amid the push to boost education standards in the financial planning industry, experience will still be central to protecting the interests of clients....

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Finding the right remuneration model for you

In light of the numerous inquiries into financial services as well as changing attitudes to adviser remuneration, SUE VISKOVIC considers the benefits of overhauling your ...

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Investors regain their taste for vanilla investments

DAMON TAYLOR reports on the successes – and failures – of fixed interest investments in light of the global financial crisis....

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Simpler Statements of Advice: why we're not there yet

ASIC’s class order that created the Statement of Additional Advice (SoAA) is history. And good riddance, says Brett Walker. ...

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Financial services reform: If it ain't broke

Reading their submissions to the Ripoll inquiry, it's clear that not only do ASIC and Treasury hold very different views, but Treasury, in particular, has no desire to se...

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The hidden cost of banning commissions

Today there are few willing to defend commission payments, writes George Lucas. But are commissions the root cause of all that is wrong with the financial planning indust...

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Flex your fixed income muscle

Investors should have fixed income allocations to lower portfolio risk and avoid the disasters of the past few years, argues STEPHEN HART....

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Is research filtering diluting the quality of financial advice?

To what degree should dealer groups filter the data they receive from research houses and what impact is this having on the quality of financial advice?...