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Colonial First State’s alliance with the Sanlam Group provides a series of innovative investment solutions to the Australian market, designed to help manage the risk asso...

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Consumers today are more informed and more connected to the world around them than ever before. Massive improvements in smartphone functionality combined with huge advan...

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Recent research by ING DIRECT and the Financial Services Council into Australians’ views on superannuation has revealed an encouraging trend: Australians are increasingly...

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In the current volatile environment, Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) offer investors of all sizes confidence, agility and control – and advisers a new means of creatin...

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The centre of global economic activity has seen a clear shift away from Developed Markets towards Emerging Markets since the turn of the century....

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When it comes to delivering an exceptional customer experience, super providers can learn some valuable lessons from other industries, says ING DIRECT’s Lisa Claes....

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There’s a natural tradeoff between yield and risk....

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Demand for public services continues to rise, while governments everywhere are under pressure to cut costs....

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The answer may lie in an untapped resource, writes Lisa Claes....

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Retail investors all too often overlook bonds in favour of term deposits despite the asset class’s attractive risk-return qualities. PIMCO Head of Australia Adrian Stewar...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 4 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 1 day ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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