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As the world obsesses over every twist in the Eurozone drama, the drop in oil prices is very good news in what could be described as a depressing period....
The increasing acceptance of managed futures is welcome news, but Dominic McCormick believes retail investors should know what to expect....
Money Management’s Top 100 Dealer Group data has underscored the re-emergence of institutions as the dominant force in Australian financial planning....
Consolidation is changing the face of the financial planning dealer group sector before our eyes, while small-to-medium players continue to struggle....
Many significant players in the dealer group sector have reduced their financial planner numbers, though the industry remains optimistic....
Mike Taylor writes that the sale of client books entailing trailing commissions will look utterly incongruous in a post-FOFA world unless financial planners are actively ...
Zenith analyst Dugald Higgins lists the pros and cons for investors considering an exposure to the agribusiness sector....
The Macquarie Group AGM has been told the company is still on track for a better performance in FY 2013....
Linda Jakobson looks at what can be expected from China's likely new leaders and weighs up the possibility of a change in China's economic policies....
An Australian Crime Commission report into investment scams has underscored the role financial planners have in protecting investors from themselves....
Kathryn Wardrobe outlines some of the finer details of the new credit legislation which might have slipped through the cracks....
Mike Taylor asks whether the formation of BT Select and the continuing competition between BT and Count Financial reflect the end of the current dealer group model....
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...