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Many of the financial advisers I've been talking to seem to have switched into a kind of survival mode: batten...

In October 2008, Mercer adopted a view that any new allocations to hedge fund-type strategies should be delayed. This was...

With the Federal Budget having delivered little more than some revenue-oriented tinkering to the financial services environment, a good deal...

Australia has enjoyed 17 consecutive years of economic growth with the result that distressed debt funds have had comparatively few...

Australian-based insurer Tower Australia Group has reported a 12 per cent decline in net profit to $27.1 million for the...

Perpetual is forecasting an almost 50 per cent reduction in its operating profit for the 2009 financial year to somewhere...

The Rudd Government’s second Budget could have been much tougher than it ultimately proved to be. In what has become...

<table <td <td Matthew Hegarty The current operating environment is one of the most challenging ever for banks and although...

The current economic climate has put pressure on financial planning practices throughout Australia and around the world — there is...

<table <td <td Mike Taylor The move by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to not support the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA’s)...