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It is becoming increasingly obvious that irrespective of the initiatives flagged by the Financial Planning Association, the Australian financial services...

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

How safe are cash and bonds? Dominic McCormick discusses the state of these asset classes and whether the perception that...

I n a time when investment decisions hold greater weight than ever before, research houses have certainly felt some pressure....

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

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

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...