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HUB24 boosted by white label arrangements

HUB24 posts record new inflows off the back of white labelled investment platform services....

ANZ expected to take the lead in results season

ANZ has been tipped to outshine its commercial banking competitors this reporting season with the strongest underlying profit growth among the Big Four, an estimate shows...

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Planning for post-retirement outcomes

With post-retirement planning emerging as a major issue in 2014, Andrew Gale argues that there needs to be less focus on products and more focus on advice-based solutions...

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MetLife records risk sales boom

MetLife posts record year for growth in overall risk inflows and new premium sales....

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Socially responsible investing - more than good versus bad companies

Socially responsible investing is more complex than simply distinguishing ‘good’ companies from ‘bad’ companies, writes Bruce Smith. ...

Editorial

Financial reform demands financial literacy

A common theme of submissions to the Financial Systems Review is a call for higher levels of financial literacy, but this needs to be coupled with a message around the va...

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Are emerging markets on a rocky road to recovery?

With negative market sentiment and volatility in China, emerging markets appear to have a rocky road ahead. But that doesn’t mean they’re not up for the challenge, writes...

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Australian equities - seeking simplicity in a complex world

If applied systematically, derivatives can deliver a consistent return outcome. However, client confusion and operational risks can add complexity to the process, as Rudi...

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Meting out equal justice

Mike Taylor writes that ASIC is right to pursue managers with just as much vigour as it pursues financial planners when things go wrong. ...

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Why alternative investments could be a hot ticket option in 2014

Retail advisers have traditionally shied away from alternative investments, but an upswing in the market could see them become a hot ticket option in 2014, particularly f...

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Pausing FOFA changes a win for pragmatism

It would be very easy to have read the announcement by the Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Cormann, that he was pausing the FOFA change process as some sort of a vi...

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Outflanked in FOFA PR battle

Mike Taylor writes that planners and the Government need to reflect upon how they were once again outflanked by the industry funds in the battle for the hearts and minds ...