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Property investment strategies in a post-GFC world

Coaxing clients back into property post-GFC may not be as hard as some imagine, so long as you get the balance right, writes Damian Fitzpatrick. ...

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How investors can avoid the dangers of recency bias

We may not be as rational as we think in our assessments and reactions to the market, and vivid memories of the recent past may subconsciously distort our judgement. But ...

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Global deposit holders facing a Cyprus contagion

What do recent events in Cyprus spell for global deposit holders? Matthew Sherwood finds out....

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Trust Company secures solid profit result

Take-over target, Trust Company, has booked a solid profit and points to promising outlook. ...

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Why low interest rates are here to stay

While the Australian economy has been expected to be affected only tangentially by fiscal problems experienced elsewhere, at an investment level there are strong effects ...

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Why stock market rises are not a sign of global economic recovery

The stock markets and finance sector generally are talking the talk and walking the walk of success, but should investors be popping the cork? Martin Conlon finds out....

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Govt's super tax debate has a familiar ring

Mike Taylor writes that it is passing strange that the Government has allowed a debate around the super taxes for upper income earners when it has failed to implement a v...

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Fund managers facing their own FOFA challenges

Dealer groups are not the only financial services companies being forced to adapt to the new FOFA environment, with Instreet Investment’s George Lucas explaining that fun...

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Strategies for boosting income from shares

There are more productive ways of gaining income from shares than relying purely on dividends and share price appreciation, writes Drew Corbett....

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Return to common sense plan at APESB

There would have been many in the Australian accounting community who last week breathed a sigh of relief when they read the documents to be dealt with by the APESB at it...

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Financial services’ top female executives

While the gender balance of the executive ranks and company boards of financial services companies remain decidedly slanted, a growing number of women are breaking new gr...

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Women in finance - breaking down barriers and stereotypes

While significant progress has been made in achieving gender equality within the financial services industry, Milana Pokrajac and Bela Moore find there is still a long wa...