EDITORIAL

Promina’s financial services division has contributed $132 million of the group’s $458 million profit for 2004, although the wealth management businesses chipped in just ...

Iress Market Technology has been buoyed by strong revenue growth from its Xplan financial planning software business to lift its net profit by 3.3 per cent to $16.09 mill...

Switzerland-based insurance giant Zurich Financial Services has reported a 29 per cent increase in net income for 2004 despite the impact of “extraordinary catastrophes” ...

Insurance and wealth management giant AMP today dished out a $750 million booty to long-suffering shareholders, having posted a consolidated bottom line profit of close t...

Count Financial reported a better than anticipated $4.99 million half year after tax profit today, and immediately upscaled its forecasts for the remainder of the year....

Shareholders in listed financial planning business Count Financial have been given good news for the second time in a week, with the group announcing that it predicted fi...

The labels ‘value’ and ‘growth’ are simplifications of styles which are much more complex, writes Robert Keavney....

Retail investors are diving into option trading, writes Dominic McCormick. But will they be out of their depth when markets take a plunge?...

A year is a long time in funds management – and even some of our investment experts were surprised by the way markets, asset classes and investment vehicles gained or wan...

While the short-term outlook for sharemarkets is looking rosy, investors shouldn’t be complacent about looking for alternatives, writes Dominic McCormick....

The good times keep rolling for Macquarie Bank which, thanks to improved market conditions and an active merger and acquisitions climate, today announced a 17 per cent in...

Investor fear and greed have always been major market motivators....

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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 ago

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

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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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